Until early this week, every major car company had said that they forbade their dealers from selling certified used vehicles with any open recalls, including ones for Takata airbags. But why sell cars with open recalls at all, thus putting the onus on consumers to sort out the repair? If you’re about to start shopping for a used car, begin at safercar.gov. A report from Carfax can help you figure out whether a recalled car has been fixed. You should be, both about future Takata recalls and others that we don’t know about yet.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2017 16:22 UTC