Newly issued recall.

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TrentRoogna
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Newly issued recall.

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Just in case y'all didn't know, just about everything in the legacy platform, including all bajas, are being recalled again for the same takata airbag problem.

Apparently when they were recalled a few years ago, a whole heap of the dealerships used back stock of the same faulty part.

Here's the article I got this from:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/09/us/s ... index.html
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Re: Newly issued recall.

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The fault, if I recall, was due to age and environmental degredation. they didn't have enough replacement parts so putting the same bad one in reset the timer till they could get enough replacement parts.

Keep in mind the recall affected millions of vehicles over many years. Costs aside, it took Takata years to make all those airbags the first time. Even if they stopped producing new airbags (thereby shutting down manufacture of new cars) it takes time to make enough new ones to replace all the old ones.
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Re: Newly issued recall.

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Just checked mine, and yep gotta get the passenger side changed again.

Scheduled for Monday.
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Re: Newly issued recall.

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Very helpful! I called and I'm on the wait list for replacement... apparently the service staff are on strike...

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Re: Newly issued recall.

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Yep!
Just got my recall notice in the mail today for the second time on my 05.
I checked carfax, they have a nifty area called mycarfax where you can enter in your vins and it keeps things updated for you, my other Bajas don't have the second recall in affect yet.
Gray 05 Turbo AT
Silver 04 Turbo AT
Black 04 Turbo AT
and assorted other vehicles....
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