La Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco) issued an alert of review for 11 models of the Honda and Volkswagen automotive failures in air bags, as well as in the braking system.
In the case of the Japanese company, the alert includes 13, 819 models, including Ridegeline, Crosstour, Pilot, Fit, City, as well as the TSX model, Acura, all from the year 2013.
The Attorney explained that these cars were assembled with air bag inflators for the company Takata, an irregularity in the air bags, because if you activate “the component of the inflator could be expelled from abnormal shape inside of the” vehicle in the event of a collision; and can injure the occupants of the vehicle”.
However, Profeco ruled out that such accidents have been reported, and explained that the company must be replaced inflators with new ones free of charge for consumers.
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communicates the call for review for vehicles of the brand @Honda that were assembled with pumps of frontal air bags on the side of the passenger, produced by the company Takata, the models are: https://t.co/ynlTgWIPd4 pic.twitter.com/O8yt53FVPV – Profeco (@Profeco) August 16, 2018
in the case of Volkswagen, were detected only 26 cars with possibly affected, including models Gol 2017 and 2018, as well as Up! also 2018, due to the “possibility of that airbag (Airbag) of the conductor does not correspond to the models’, so it might fail if activated, and can also injure the driver.
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make a call for review of the vehicle Passat year 2018 and Teramont year
2019 @Volkswagen_MX possible fault in the https://t.co/H4FL82tVkZ pic.twitter.com/S0ArovoeJ1 brake system – Profeco (@Profeco) 16 of August 2018
However, Profeco also reported possible faults in the braking system on eight more of the models Passat 2018 and 2019 Teramont cars, to “possible deviations in the components of such a system and as a result, the effectiveness of the” brake could be reduced considerably”.
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reports of the so-called review of the brand @Volkswagen_MX for the possibility of that airbag (Airbag) of the conductor does not correspond to the vehicle in the following modelo:https://t.co/8jsOEHpV4W pic.twitter.com/ QJxbXugv7f – Profeco (@Profeco) August 16, 2018
in the case of the German automotive, will be its network of distributors who inform the users affected the steps consumers should take to repair and clarification of doubts.
