Takata’s Annual Loss Will Likely Widen Over More Airbag Recalls
Takata Corp., the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, is taking more special losses for new recalls and will sink deeper into the red....
View ArticleCar Industry Struggles to Solve Air Bag Explosions
A year ago, Japan’s Takata Corp, the world’s second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong. More than a million...
View ArticleHonda Starts Third Party Audit Into Injuries and Deaths
Honda Motor Co. asked a third party to determine whether the automaker underreported fatality and injury claims to the U.S. government, which is investigating airbag failures with potentially deadly...
View ArticleToyota-Honda Airbag Crisis Undermines Confidence in Auto Safety
A deepening crisis involving deadly airbags is shaking confidence in the ability of automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to ensure the safety of millions of U.S. drivers. Toyota...
View ArticleFeds Announce More Than 7.8M Vehicles Recalled Due to Defective Airbags
U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday expanded the number of vehicles in the United States that may be affected by recalls for potentially defective Takata Corp airbags that could spray shrapnel at...
View ArticleAutoNation Halts Sales of Used Cars in Airbag Recalls
The head of the nation’s biggest car dealership chain says it won’t sell used cars being recalled for exploding airbags due to conflicting advice from automakers and lack of direction from the...
View ArticleNew York Senator Calls for Overhaul of Federal Car Safety Screening
New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a top-to-bottom review of federal safety screening for defective car parts. He is citing the recall of millions of vehicles equipped with Takata Corp....
View ArticleMalaysia Death Prompts Honda to Widen Airbag Recall
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. expanded its recalls related to defective air bags on Thursday, saying a driver in Malaysia died in an airbag-linked accident earlier this year. The Japanese...
View ArticleTakata Says Evidence Doesn’t Support National Recall
A defiant Takata Corp. told a U.S. safety agency that its demand for a nationwide airbag recall isn’t supported by evidence, and the government doesn’t have authority to tell a parts maker to do a...
View ArticleMore Recalls: 5 Million by Toyota, 1.5 Million by Nissan
The safety crisis plaguing the global automotive industry deepened as Japan’s three biggest carmakers said they would recall at least 6.5 million more vehicles because of faulty air bags that send...
View ArticleAuto Safety Agency Head Says Total Takata Recall Won’t Make Cars Safer
The nation’s top auto safety regulator says an immediate recall of all Takata airbags wouldn’t provide significant safety benefits and could exceed the government’s legal authority. A recall of all...
View ArticleHonda Identified Takata Airbag Issue and Quietly Requested Fix
In August of 2009, after ruptured airbag inflators in Honda vehicles were linked to least four injuries and a death, the automaker quietly requested a design change and did not notify U.S. regulators,...
View ArticlePersonal Injury Claimants Get Seat at Takata Bankruptcy
People injured by Takata Corp.’s defective air bags were given an official role in the bankruptcy of its U.S. unit on Thursday, allowing them to challenge restructuring plans that plaintiffs’ lawyers...
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