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Company Can’t Say Whether More Air-Bag Inflators Might Explode, Hurl Shrapnel

A company that makes air-bag inflators that have exploded in eight incidents involving two deaths and seven injuries argued Tuesday that it can’t say for sure whether its inflators might cause further such incidents. In a reply to the National …

Toyota to Recall 3.4 Million Vehicles Over Defect in Air Bags

Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it will recall 3.4 million vehicles worldwide because of an electronic defect that can result in air bags not deploying in crashes. The recall, which includes 2.9 million U.S. vehicles, covers 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 …

New Death Prompts ARC Airbag Probe in US, Canada

Auto safety regulators in two countries are investigating another deadly airbag problem that could affect up to 8 million vehicles. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada are looking into a crash in the Canadian province of Newfoundland in which a …

Texas Teen’s Air Bag Death Spurs Renewed Call to Fix Recalled Cars

The brother of a Texas teenager killed by shrapnel from an exploding Takata Corp air bag said that his family never received a recall notice about the defective vehicle safety device. The brother’s comments came as federal safety regulators called …

Texas Teen’s Death Linked to Faulty Takata Air Bag, 10th in U.S.

A 10th person has died in a crash in the U.S. involving a ruptured Takata Corp. air-bag inflator, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A 17-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in a March 31 crash in …