Originally Posted By: NortheastPest
My 07 Dodge Dakota's driver's side airbag was recalled. I had the recall done by the dealer without any issues but one thing is bothering me and it didnt dawn on me to ask until I left the dealer. Why would only the driver's side airbag be recalled and not the passenger side? I'd have to assume Takata made all the airbags for this particular model. I can't find any info on this subject.
Not necessarily, and most often, not. I work for one of the other airbag manufacturers, and while we may get all seating positions in a car on occasion, more often than not we may get for example, the side airbags, knee airbag, passenger and curtain. One of our competitors may get the driver airbag. In another instance the plant I work in built the knee airbag, driver airbag, curtain airbags, and passenger airbag. A sister plant built all the seat belts and another sister plant built the steering wheel. but a competitor supplied the side airbags.
It does seem odd that only one of the side airbags would be recalled and not the other. I've never seen an instance where one SAB would be built by one company and the other by another. Perhaps they are just working the odds of occupancy. Since there is always a driver, the risk is much higher of a deployment. The passenger has a much lower rate of deployment. It may be recalled later after the highest risk airbags are replaced.