Continental to Issue Airbag Recall, Five Million Units Are Affected

Automotive supplier Continental will initiate a recall action to replace airbag control units for approximately five million vehicles in the US alone. According to the first report on the situation, the recall is not related to the Takata problem, but to a different matter. It appears that airbag control units built over a five-year period may be defective. In the case of an accident, the airbags may not deploy, or the faulty control unit…