2000–2001 Qag Mangusta recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicles equipped with visteon air bag control modules. These modules were produced with an incorrect deployment calibration setting.
💥 The risk
In the event of a crash, improper air bag deployment could result, increasing the risk of injury or death.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the air bag electronic control unit. Owner notification began january 22, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact qvale at 1-800-390-9606.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 02V023000
- Manufacturer
- Q VALE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
- Vehicles affected
- 215
- Component
- AIR BAGS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-390-9606
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 22, 2002
- Built
- Feb 1, 2000 – Sep 30, 2001
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).