AUTOFORUM

Urgent Stop Drive Safety Action: Takata Airbags

Jan, 13 2026, 22:25

Stellantis South Africa is issuing an urgent Stop-Drive safety warning for selected Stellantis owned brands Citroën, DS, Chrysler, Jeep, and Opel.

Safety Recall Ford Ranger - Loss of Brake Boost, Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) Module Software update

Sep, 15 2025, 15:03

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Manufacturing) (Pty) Ltd (FMCSA) has commenced a Safety Recall relating to certain 2025 and 2026 Ranger vehicles.

Ford - Safety recall notice

Sep, 03 2025, 16:46

FMCSA has commenced with several product recall notices, affecting different models and production batches.

Ford Safety Recall Notice

Aug, 20 2025, 18:46

If customers would like to check if their Ford vehicle is affected by this or any other recall,

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa - Safety Recalls

Jul, 31 2025, 18:30

FMCSA has commenced a Safety Recall that relates to the following vehicles and models, Ford Ranger and Ford Everest, Camshaft Sprocket Failure, Ford EcoSport: Transmission Front Half Shaft Ford Puma: Fuel Line Sleeve And Fuel Line Support Bracket,

KIA Motors South Africa announces safety recall on select 2005 – 2009 Sorento and Sedona models

Sep, 16 2020, 14:20

Effective today, KIA Motors South Africa (Pty) Ltd will conduct a safety recall on 2,175 KIA Sorento (BL) and KIA Carnival/Sedona (VQ) models manufactured in Korea between 2005 and 2009.

New Zealand and Australia announce massive Takata airbag recalls

Apr, 04 2018, 04:36

The New Zealand government has announced a compulsory recall of 50 000 cars that it says contain faulty Alpha-type Takata airbags, just a month after the Australian government announced its own recall in February.

Product recall risks growing in size and number, as technology drives new triggers

Dec, 13 2017, 01:19

Product-related risk is one of the biggest perils facing businesses today, with recall exposures having increased significantly over the past decade, bringing the potential for larger and more complex losses than ever.

Ford extends safety recall

Mar, 30 2017, 11:33

Ford South Africa has expanded the safety recall for the 1.6-litre GTDi engine to include the Ford Fiesta ST - which in SA includes approximately 1,078 Fiesta ST models produced between September 2012 and December 2014.

Takata fined $1 Billion for defrauding customers

Mar, 10 2017, 10:26

Takata Corporation has pleaded guilty in the U.S. federal court to one count of wire fraud and has agreed to pay $1 billion in criminal penalties for lying about its ammonium nitrate-based airbag inflators - blamed for 16 deaths and over 180 injuries