https://www.autoblog.com/news/jlr-st...faulty-airbags

 

"JLR has resolved the issue for models in production, which are rolling down the line and shipping to dealers now."

Wouldn't seem to be a major component issue, nor a problem with assembly, if they have a running fix and the impact is across manufacturing plants.

 

The recalls are getting a bit hot and heavy these days. This one isn't insignificant. Not sure I want my wife driving around in a vehicle that doesn't have adequate airbag protection.

JLR doesn't need additional brand reputation damage from these kinds of flaws. Not sure why they can't get quality control figured out.

 

Yeah. Not great is it?

What really is the problem here are suppliers / supply chain. The bloody headlight LED’s burning out, now the Airbag manufacturer, the DC-DC converter component is made by someone else.

Alot of the issues are caused by 3rd party supplier products and I guess that’s just part of the “deal” these days with making a complex vehicle.

 

^This. I had the same exact thought.

 

I mean, it is a voluntary recall, and they haven't had any injuries and/or deaths caused by the airbag issue.

I'm not super worried about it, and I'm sure there will be a fix soon.

 

Part of mature business practices is vendor management. Who knows the nature of the relationship between JLR and its manufacturing vendors - whether JLR provides custom specifications to their suppliers who then develop and engineer and deliver the parts, or whether they simply are buying off the shelf components from a picklist (or very likely something in the middle) - but any company that doesn't qualify, audit and assess their vendors and their deliverables regularly, based on inherent service risk - is playing with fire.

It seems that this recall may have come about from internal evaluations and if so, good for JLR on getting ahead of this before widespread injuries were experienced - but "airbag defects" aren't something that should ever happen in 2026. Not at this scale.