Recent reports by CBS News and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group accuse one of the nation's largest dealership groups of selling vehicles with open recalls.
Ford issued a recall on Friday of nearly 1 million vehicles in North America with the risk of flying shrapnel caused by exploding Takata airbag inflators.
Toyota said on Wednesday it is advancing by a year plans to replace Takata airbags in about 65,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the U.S. that it had previously replaced.
In the beginning of June, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged Fla. residents to check their vehicle identification numbers (VIN) to see if their vehicles under recall for defective takata air bags.
CCC Information Services is working with Mazda North American Operations to create a new method for the automaker to identify recalled vehicles and help collision repairers notify affected vehicle owners.
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
