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When and If an Air Bag Deploys Considered Complicated

Here’s an unsettling fact about cars equipped with air bags: they don’t always deploy when drivers – or regulators – expect them to. Thirteen people have died in crashes involving older GM cars with defective ignition switches. In each of …

Suzuki Small SUVs Target of NHTSA Probe

U.S. safety regulators said Tuesday that they are investigating problems with airbag sensors in the seats of some small Suzuki SUVs. The probe covers 205,000 vehicles including Grand Vitaras from the 2006 through 2011 model years and SX4s from 2007 …