Takata Corp., the embattled air-bag maker, stepped up its response to a global auto safety crisis by distributing an open letter from its chief executive officer in U.S. and German newspapers. Shigehisa Takada, Takata’s chairman and grandson of the company …
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a new administrator to lead the government’s auto safety agency, which faces complaints that regulators bungled two high-profile recalls involving faulty ignition switches and exploding airbags. Mark Rosekind, 59, a leading expert on human fatigue, …
A new federally funded cellphone app allows people who may have had one too many to get an idea just how drunk they are – and hail a ride home. Users enter their sex, height, weight, and number of drinks …
Mazda is expanding its U.S. recall for Takata airbags that may explode to the entire country, following Japanese rival Honda in the decision. Honda said its expanded recalls will also be global, although the numbers are still unclear. Mazda Motor …
Honda Motor Co. said it failed to report more than 1,700 claims of injury or death involving its cars to U.S. regulators, a violation that would be one of the biggest in history and could lead to a fine of …
Al Brown still remembers hitting the deer last year, about 10 miles west of Prattville on Alabama 14. “It was a buck, and he came out of nowhere,” Brown said of the November accident that happened at dusk. He was …
Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and other major automakers have fixed only a fraction of the almost 8 million cars called back in the last two years to replace potentially defective Takata Corp. airbags. About 6 percent of affected …
The White House plans to nominate a specialist in human fatigue and alertness to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as the regulator undergoes a review sparked by its botched recall of defective airbags linked to deaths and injuries. …
The U.S. auto safety regulator has told Japanese supplier Takata Corp and five automakers to expand nationwide a regional recall of potentially lethal airbags, increasing pressure on the industry to move faster in a growing scandal. The National Highway Traffic …
Pierce Manufacturing is recalling 135 fire trucks in the U.S. because a suspension part can fail and cause a wheel to fall off. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website this weekend that the …