Volvo Recalls 460,000 Cars After Air-Bag Rupture Fatality
- Global safety campaign includes almost 260,000 U.S. cars
- German supplier ZF manufactured inflator that can explode
Volvo is recalling two car models -- the S60 and S80 sedans -- that the company produced as early as May 2000 and as late as March 2009.
Photographer: Michael Fein/Bloomberg
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Volvo Car AB is recalling more than 460,000 vehicles worldwide over risk an air-bag component that’s bedeviled automakers for years could rupture into metal fragments and strike drivers.
The Swedish carmaker told the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it has identified potential for tablets of propellant in its vehicles’ air-bag inflators to decay if they’re subject to moisture and high temperatures. This can lead dust particles to form and cause the inflator to rupture.