2017 Rolls-Royce Dawn

The 2017 Rolls-Royce Dawn has 3 recalls, all centered on the same serious safety concern: the seat-mounted side airbags may fail to deploy in a crash, leaving occupants without that protection during a side impact.

The underlying issue is that the side airbag inflator initiators may not ignite when triggered, meaning the airbag simply does not inflate when it is needed. In some affected vehicles, the inflators themselves do not meet specification, which can also prevent the airbag from deploying correctly. Because all three recalls describe the same defect filed across different regulatory filings and vehicle groupings, the practical concern for Dawn owners is singular: in a crash that would normally trigger the seat-mounted side airbags, those bags may not fire, increasing the chance of injury to the driver or front passenger.