DETROIT – Volkswagen is recalling over 105,000 Beetles with faulty Takata front driver’s air bags that can explode and hurl shrapnel.The recall covers Beetles from the 2012 through 2014 model years.Dealers will replace the front driver’s air bags at no cost to owners starting on Feb.
12.[TRENDING: Florida women’s prison failed to protect inmates | Man wins $1 million on scratch off | Florida older residents next for vaccine]Takata used volatile ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the bags in a crash.
But the chemical can degrade when exposed to high heat and humidity and burn too fast, blowing apart a metal canister. Twenty-seven people have been killed worldwide by the exploding inflators, including 18 in the.