52 Million Air Bag Inflators Should Be Recalled Over Rupture Threat: NHTSA September 6, 2023 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators produced by auto suppliers ARC Automotive and...
Regulators Turn Up Pressure on Air Bag Inflator Firm to Recall Devices June 2, 2023 The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on Tennessee-based ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag...
Tenn. Company Refuses Request to Recall Millions of Air Bag Inflators May 15, 2023 A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that...
Takata Confirms Location, Fatality in Crash of Truck Carrying Air Bag Equipment September 1, 2016 Air bag maker Takata Corp. has confirmed that a truck carrying its inflators and a volatile chemical exploded in a...
Takata Engineers ‘Manipulated’ Results of Air-Bag Inflator Tests: Honda Audit July 19, 2016 By Craig Trudell and Margaret Cronin Fisk Takata Corp., the air-bag supplier behind the industry’s largest ever recall, routinely manipulated results of air-bag inflator tests reported to...
Toyota Recalls 3.37M Cars for Flawed Air Bags, Emissions Control Units June 30, 2016 By David Shepardson and Naomi Tajitsu Toyota Motor Corp has recalled 3.37 million cars worldwide over possible defects involving air bags and emissions control units. The...
Takata Ordered to Expand Recall in U.S. to 40 Million Air Bags May 5, 2016 By Jeff Plungis Takata Corp. has been ordered to replace as many as 40 million additional air bags linked to deadly malfunctions, more...
Takata Engineer Pleads 5th Amendment in Florida Air Bag Lawsuit February 16, 2016 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Susannah Nesmith A Takata Corp. engineer involved in testing the company’s air bags invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in declining to...
Takata Discloses 11th Death Linked to Air Bag; Announces New 5 Million Vehicle Recall January 27, 2016 By Bernie Woodall and David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday that air bag maker Takata Corp. declared 5.1 million U.S. vehicles defective, as the...
Toyota, Nissan, Honda Expand Global Recall Due to Faulty Takata Air Bags May 13, 2015 By Chang-Ran Kim and Mari Saito Japan’s three biggest carmakers said on Wednesday they would expand a huge global recall triggered by potentially fatal air bags...