The Recall Desk
SevereNHTSA·10E060000·Announced 2010-12-21

Alps Electric Air Bag Clocksprings Recalled for Potential Deployment Failure

Alps Electric air bag clocksprings used in Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover vehicles are defective and may prevent the driver's airbag from deploying in a crash.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a structural vehicle defect where the driver's airbag may fail to deploy, significantly increasing the risk of injury in a crash, which aligns with the 'Severe' criteria for structural vehicle defects.

Plain-English summary

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. has reported that certain air bag clocksprings it manufactured and sold as original equipment to Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover are defective. The defect involves a potential intermittent fault in the driver's airbag clockspring wiring connector for the supplemental restraint system.

In the event of a crash, this defect may cause the driver's frontal airbag to not deploy as intended or at all. This failure would prevent the airbag from properly protecting the driver, thereby increasing the risk of injuries.

Alps Electric is not conducting a direct recall campaign. Instead, Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover are conducting separate recall campaigns on their respective vehicles equipped with the defective parts. Owners of affected vehicles will be notified by the vehicle manufacturers, and dealers will provide a remedy free of charge. For more information, owners may refer to Volvo's recall campaign 10V-489 or Jaguar Land Rover's recall campaign 10V-581.

The recalled product

Product
AIR BAGS recall
Manufacturer
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
Category
Vehicle — Air Bag / Supplemental Restraint System
Hazard
Affected units
12,702

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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