Continental Automotive Air Bag Control Unit: Air bags

Affects Continental Automotive Air Bag Control Unit · — — about 5M vehicles.

The hazard

If the air bag control unit fails, safety systems such as seat belt pretensioners and air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury. Additionally, in some vehicles, the air bags may inadvertently deploy, increasing the risk of a crash.

What to do

Continental will notify the vehicle manufacturers that installed the air bag control units into vehicles. The affected vehicle manufacturers will file recalls for these vehicles and notify their customers and replace the air bag control units. The recall began on January 26, 2016.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational