France Orders Extra 800,000 Cars off Road Over Takata Airbag Scandal June 26, 2025 By Gilles Guillaume and Makini Brice France is ordering an extra 800,000 cars with Takata airbags to be taken off the road, two weeks after a...
Takata Recalls 3.3 Million More Airbags January 8, 2018 Takata Corp., the parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy after sparking the largest auto recall in history, called back 3.3...
Automakers See Takata’s Bankruptcy As Liability Shield In Air Bag Claims July 18, 2017 By Tom Hals and Tina Bellon The global recall of Takata Corp.’s defective air bags widened last week and the number of confirmed deaths rose, but...
Thinking Outside the Glove Box to Get Recalled Autos Repaired March 8, 2016 By Jeff Plungis The 63,000 spectators crowded in late January inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome for a battle of college marching bands didn’t know...
Japan Transport Ministry Weighs Additional Air Bag Recalls December 2, 2014 By Ma Jie and Masatsugu Horie Japan’s investigation into dangerous air bags is leading to a remote scrapyard in the central Gifu prefecture, where the explosion...
Honda: Require Car Owners to Comply with Recalls November 21, 2014 By Jeff Green and Jeff Plungis Honda Motor Co. wants regulators to make U.S. motorists comply with carmakers’ recall notices. Amid reports of people killed because...
8 Million Cars Recalled for Air Bags; Only 6% Repaired: Bloomberg November 20, 2014 By Craig Trudell and Ma Jie Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and other major automakers have fixed only a fraction of the almost 8 million...