Following the confirmation of an additional fatality involving a defective Takata airbag inflator, Stellantis is urgently asking the owners of 2003 Dodge Rams to quit driving their automobiles till an airbag recall replacement has been completed.

The accident occurred on May 13, 2023, when a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 was involved in a collision that triggered its airbags to deploy. The front passenger-side occupant died as a outcome of significant injuries that Stellantis says have been “consistent with those observed in previous Takata inflator fatalities.”

Stellantis estimates that 29,000 Dodge Rams from the 2003 model year are nonetheless on the roads in the U.S. in spite of not obtaining had their Takata recalls performed. The automaker says that totally free replacement inflators have been obtainable for almost ten years.

Read: Stellantis Confirms Third Takata Airbag Death, Urges 274,000 Owners To Get Repairs

Unfortunately, the 2003 Ram is not the only model whose owners have to get their automobiles fixed. According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that roughly 84,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks stay unrepaired.

Meanwhile, Stellantis continues to urge the drivers of a total of 233,000 automobiles across its Dodge and Chrysler brands to quit driving their automobiles till a new airbag inflator can be installed. According to NHTSA, the occupants of “unrepaired vehicles are at grave risk of serious injury or death.”

Although this is the 1st identified Takata-associated fatality in a Ram car, it is the fourth in a Stellantis model. The automaker says that given that 2014, it has created a lot more than 210 million outreach attempts and replaced a lot more than six.1 million Takata inflators.

For owners of automobiles whose airbags have not but been replaced, the repair is totally free, and Stellantis can arrange for transportation to a dealership, in order to avert you from obtaining to drive your car at all, prior to the inflator is replaced. Owners are encouraged to get in touch with 833-585-0144 to organize their appointment.