Takata Compulsory Air Bag Recall Australia

[Fair2]

What Air Bags were fitted to GranSports ? There has now been a compulsory vehicle recall order to Car manufacturers for all vehicles in Australia. I notice this includes some Ferrari models. Begs the question of what is fitted to our cars?
Interestingly it includes all older cars at no cost to owners and not just original owners.
Robert

 

[conaero]

Morning Robert.

The airbags fitted to the Maseratis of your era will have the same airbags as the Ferraris.

Interestingly, all airbags have an operational advice and require replacement due to that time elapsing.

I can't remember the exact time but it is circa 10 years or so, so your GS will have out of date airbags.

In real life situations, nobody replaces them.

According to the owners manual the seat belt pretensioners and the airbag system both have a 10 Year Service Life.

 

[alfatwo]

Morning Robert.

The airbags fitted to the Maseratis of your era will have the same airbags as the Ferraris.

Interestingly, all airbags have an operational advice and require replacement due to that time elapsing.

I can't remember the exact time but it is circa 10 years or so, so your GS will have out of date airbags.

In real life situations, nobody replaces them.

They might in the new MOT test that's coming soon!


Dave

 

[CatmanV2]

They might in the new MOT test that's coming soon!


Dave

Christ, that'll cost!

C

 

[Lozzer]

They might in the new MOT test that's coming soon!


Dave

Christ, that'll cost!

C

Please don't say that , on point, how would they know how old the airbags were?

 

[CatmanV2]

Please don't say that , on point, how would they know how old the airbags were?

There's a sticker on the door jam....

C

 

[Swedish Paul]

They would have to scrap cars. I don’t think you can get airbags for my 968. Be the same for lots of early airbag adopters.

 

[CatmanV2]

They would have to scrap cars. I don’t think you can get airbags for my 968. Be the same for lots of early airbag adopters.

I think technically it may be the gas generator so there may be some interchangeability, but I'm not going to expect it

C

 

[spn]

They would have to scrap cars. I don’t think you can get airbags for my 968. Be the same for lots of early airbag adopters.

Fortunately, there's nothing about it in the latest draft of the post 20th May MOT manual.

Probably the biggest problem for performance car owners is likely to be:

"Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer: missing, obviously modified or obviously defective." is a fail.

 

[alfatwo]

Fortunately, there's nothing about it in the latest draft of the post 20th May MOT manual.

Probably the biggest problem for performance car owners is likely to be:

"Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer: missing, obviously modified or obviously defective." is a fail.

Thanks mate, my old 3200GT is bog standard for that particular reason.. no silly exhaust mods and all that stuff!


Dave

 

[CatmanV2]

Fortunately, there's nothing about it in the latest draft of the post 20th May MOT manual.

Probably the biggest problem for performance car owners is likely to be:

"Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer: missing, obviously modified or obviously defective." is a fail.

How will they know what was originally fitted?

C

 

[philw696]

An experienced tester will know what has been modified trust me Chris.

 

[CatmanV2]

An experienced tester will know what has been modified trust me Chris.

I surely shall

C

 

[FIFTY]

Sorry that new rule is utter BS... how many people will have to revert their exhaust to standard?

I don't even have my old exhaust parts... cats were blown and new(er) ones welded in which were also hollow so I replaced it with a custom section with 200cell cats...

 

[Felonious Crud]

An experienced tester will know what has been modified trust me Chris.

My main dealer once spent quite a while trying to tell me that I had the wrong exhaust on my GTS MC Shift. Yes, I said, unsilenced x-pipe. No, he said, you have oval tailpipes and should have the twin pipes.

I would be amazed if many MOT testers would know if an exhaust had been modded from standard unless it was really obvious.

 

[Saigon]

My main dealer once spent quite a while trying to tell me that I had the wrong exhaust on my GTS MC Shift. Yes, I said, unsilenced x-pipe. No, he said, you have oval tailpipes and should have the twin pipes.

I would be amazed if many MOT testers would know if an exhaust had been modded from standard unless it was really obvious.

Why would they even bother if the noise is not obviously excessive and the emissions are within spec.

 

[alfatwo]

My main dealer once spent quite a while trying to tell me that I had the wrong exhaust on my GTS MC Shift. Yes, I said, unsilenced x-pipe. No, he said, you have oval tailpipes and should have the twin pipes.

I would be amazed if many MOT testers would know if an exhaust had been modded from standard unless it was really obvious.

Your about to find out after the first of May!

Dave

 

[foibles]

to the OP - advice given to me by Svc Dept Euromarque in Brisbane - just now - is that no Maseratis are affected by the recall - none whatsoever.

Obviously ferrari are happy to source cheap defective parts for their cars - so glad the engineers at maserati hold themselves to higher standards.

enough said!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Why would they even bother if the noise is not obviously excessive and the emissions are within spec.

it wasn't the noise they noticed, they were just fundamentally wrong about whether the MC has twin round or single oval tailpipes. My point being, if the main dealer doesn't know what's normal then I'd be amazed if many MOT testers are expert in factory fit exhausts on cars that are already pretty rare. Obviously if it fails on noise levels that's a different topic. Valves are a wonderful thing.

 

[Fair2]

to the OP - advice given to me by Svc Dept Euromarque in Brisbane - just now - is that no Maseratis are affected by the recall - none whatsoever.

Obviously ferrari are happy to source cheap defective parts for their cars - so glad the engineers at maserati hold themselves to higher standards.

enough said!

Thanks for update. Who actually provided the advice?
Robert