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0kokuryu0 t1_isb7fbu wrote

Reply to comment by Iron0ne in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713

I had a car that had a defect that would make it catch fire. The third time they recalled it they just said to not park in or under anything until they figure something out.

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Iron0ne t1_isbabfd wrote

My parents had the Explorer with the Firestone recall. I think that killed like 800 people and same thing, Ford's advice.

Maintain air pressure (fair enough).

Don't drive when it is hot.

Like how someone doesn't do jail time for these is amazing.

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0kokuryu0 t1_isbkbix wrote

Mine was a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. A whole bunch of other cars had the same engine, my sister had an 03 Bonneville. Didn't get recalled the first time until like 2010 at least, might've been later. It was a pretty regular occurrence that people's car's were spontaneously combusting, too. Mine had caught fire a few rimes, I thought it overheated at the time. There was also parts melted that no one could figure out.

Apparently there was something wrong with where you fill the oil. If you came to a hard stop or were even just going downhill, oil would leak onto the exhaust manifold and catch fire. My sister checked her oil while getting gas and discovered hers on fire. She frantically blew it out.

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