Source: New York Times March 19, 2015 – Honda Motor is expanding a national recall of vehicles with Takata-made airbags to include more than 104,000 cars, including one model that had not been included in previous recalls for the defect. Takata airbags can deploy violently and send metal fragments at passengers. On Thursday, the automaker said it…
Source: Automotive News March 7, 2015 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is fed up with Takata and is considering unprecedented steps to speed up replacement parts for potentially deadly air bags found in millions of cars. In a March 3 letter, NHTSA chief Mark Rosekind said to Senator Bill Nelson that safety regulators…
Source: Reuters January 31, 2015 – The auto industry’s air bag troubles deepened on Saturday as U.S. federal safety regulators said three big automakers will recall about 2.1 million older vehicles to fix defects that could cause air bags to deploy when they are not supposed to. The vehicles involved in the recall announced by…
Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2015 – Honda Motor Co. said another death could be linked to faulty airbags in its vehicles. The automaker said Thursday it is looking into a crash of a 2002 Honda Accord on Jan. 18, in Houston. The driver’s side airbag inflator in the car may have ruptured, sending…
The Takata exploding airbag defect has elevated to crisis level and now it has come to light that both Honda and Takata had knowledge of this defect for a decade, and yet recalled vehicles are still on the road even today. As investigation into the defect continues, it is apparent that Honda may have under-reported…