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Owners of some 2003 Ram pickups urged to not drive them after another Takata air bag inflator death
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FILE - TK Holdings Inc. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., is pictured on June 25, 2017. In a statement issued Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Stellantis is urging the owners of about 29,000 older Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator. The company says owners of the 2003 model year pickups should contact a dealer or the company to find out if their trucks are part of the massive Takata recall. - photo by AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis and the U.S. government are urging the owners of some 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator. The company says owners of the pickups should contact a dealer or the company to find out if their trucks are part of a 2015 Takata recall. Stellantis says the trucks shouldn't be driven until repairs are made.