People injured by Takata Corp.’s defective air bags were given an official role in the bankruptcy of its U.S. unit on Thursday, allowing them to challenge restructuring plans that plaintiffs’ lawyers have criticized as protective of automakers. A seven-member official …
In August of 2009, after ruptured airbag inflators in Honda vehicles were linked to least four injuries and a death, the automaker quietly requested a design change and did not notify U.S. regulators, Honda confirmed in response to inquiries from …
The nation’s top auto safety regulator says an immediate recall of all Takata airbags wouldn’t provide significant safety benefits and could exceed the government’s legal authority. A recall of all Takata airbag inflators also would strain the network for replacement …
The safety crisis plaguing the global automotive industry deepened as Japan’s three biggest carmakers said they would recall at least 6.5 million more vehicles because of faulty air bags that send shrapnel into passengers. Toyota Motor Corp. will recall about …
A defiant Takata Corp. told a U.S. safety agency that its demand for a nationwide airbag recall isn’t supported by evidence, and the government doesn’t have authority to tell a parts maker to do a recall. The company laid out …
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. expanded its recalls related to defective air bags on Thursday, saying a driver in Malaysia died in an airbag-linked accident earlier this year. The Japanese automaker, which has reported the biggest number of recalls related …
New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a top-to-bottom review of federal safety screening for defective car parts. He is citing the recall of millions of vehicles equipped with Takata Corp. passenger air bags that can explode with too …
Takata Corp., the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, is taking more special losses for new recalls and will sink deeper into the red. Takata, which controls about 22 percent of the …
The head of the nation’s biggest car dealership chain says it won’t sell used cars being recalled for exploding airbags due to conflicting advice from automakers and lack of direction from the government. The recalls are giving the auto industry …
U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday expanded the number of vehicles in the United States that may be affected by recalls for potentially defective Takata Corp airbags that could spray shrapnel at occupants. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) …