Personal Injury Claimants Get Seat at Takata Bankruptcy July 7, 2017 By Tom Hals People injured by Takata Corp.’s defective air bags were given an official role in the bankruptcy of its U.S. unit...
Honda Identified Takata Airbag Issue and Quietly Requested Fix March 25, 2016 By Paul Lienert and Jessica Dye In August of 2009, after ruptured airbag inflators in Honda vehicles were linked to least four injuries and a death,...
Auto Safety Agency Head Says Total Takata Recall Won’t Make Cars Safer March 3, 2016 By TOM KRISHER The nation’s top auto safety regulator says an immediate recall of all Takata airbags wouldn’t provide significant safety benefits and...
More Recalls: 5 Million by Toyota, 1.5 Million by Nissan May 14, 2015 By Ma Jie, Masatsugu Horie and Yuki Hagiwara The safety crisis plaguing the global automotive industry deepened as Japan’s three biggest carmakers said they would recall at least...
Takata Says Evidence Doesn’t Support National Recall December 4, 2014 By TOM KRISHER and YURI KAGEYAMA A defiant Takata Corp. told a U.S. safety agency that its demand for a nationwide airbag recall isn’t supported by...
Malaysia Death Prompts Honda to Widen Airbag Recall November 14, 2014 Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. expanded its recalls related to defective air bags on Thursday, saying a driver in Malaysia...
New York Senator Calls for Overhaul of Federal Car Safety Screening November 10, 2014 New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a top-to-bottom review of federal safety screening for defective car parts. He...
Takata’s Annual Loss Will Likely Widen Over More Airbag Recalls November 7, 2014 By YURI KAGEYAMA Takata Corp., the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, is taking more...
AutoNation Halts Sales of Used Cars in Airbag Recalls October 30, 2014 The head of the nation’s biggest car dealership chain says it won’t sell used cars being recalled for exploding airbags...
Feds Announce More Than 7.8M Vehicles Recalled Due to Defective Airbags October 22, 2014 By Ben Klayman U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday expanded the number of vehicles in the United States that may be affected by recalls...