US car owners confused by recall inconsistency

Orlando

IN recent weeks, hundreds of thousands of owners of Toyota cars in the United States have received a stern warning by first-class mail: Immediately drive to your dealer to replace a flawed airbag and, in the meantime, don't let anyone sit on the front passenger side.

Thousands of Chrysler drivers with similar airbags are unlikely to get a formal notification until December. Meanwhile, they can expect free tickets to Disney World in exchange for allowing their airbags to be tested.

Over the past six years, at least five deaths have been linked to airb…