NHTSA has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet to recall them.
A lawsuit accused ARC of breaching its contract, express and implied warranties and product fitness warranties, as well as a count for supplying goods with manufacturing defects.
U.S. safety investigators are looking into complaints of fires that may have been caused by the seat belts in Ford F-150 pickup trucks, the Associated Press reports.
Ford Motor Co. agreed to an economic loss settlement of $299.1 million covering at least 6 million U.S. vehicles with potentially faulty Takata air bag inflators.
Nissan is recalling nearly 105,000 small cars to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers.
The air bags on 2006 Ford Rangers and Mazda B-series trucks should be replaced immediately, the companies said. But Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said too many people are still driving the trucks.
A U.S. senator who heard testimony last month on the recall of Takata automotive air bags, which have sprayed shrapnel that has killed 22 people and injured hundreds more, is continuing to put pressure on Honda Motor Co. about its efforts to track down the most dangerous of the air bags
April 24, 2018—Honda says there are more than 60,000 people are still driving vehicles equipped with a specific air bag related to the massive Takata recall.
For the third time in the past three years, General Motors has asked the U.S. government for permission to avoid recalls of potentially deadly Takata airbag inflators.
Ford and federal regulators are telling 2,900 owners of certain 2006 Ford Rangers to stop driving them and dispatching dealers to replace the trucks' Takata air bag inflators.
Toyota is recalling 601,000 more vehicles in the U.S. to replace defective and potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators, the Associated Press reports.
Japanese airbag maker Takata is recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty airbag inflators as it expands the largest automotive recall in U.S. history
Ford and Mazda are recalling more than 380,000 older small pickup trucks for a second time to replace Takata air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel.
Fiat Chrysler has launched Airbag Recall Repair Week, offering customers the chance to schedule appointments to repair recalled Takata airbags for free.
More than half of the approximately 42 million recalled air bag inflators produced by Takata Corp. have yet to be replaced, according to a recent report.
Key Safety Systems will acquire substantially all of Takata’s global assets and operations for $1.59 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
Honda, Toyota and GM will likely to have to pick up the tab for most of the estimated $5 billion that's needed to pay for replacing the tens of millions of Takata airbag inflators still in people's vehicles around the world.
Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW have reached a proposed settlement that would compensate owners of 15.8 million vehicles to the tune of $553 million for money they lost due to the Takata recall.
