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Toyota-Honda Airbag Crisis Undermines Confidence in Auto Safety

A deepening crisis involving deadly airbags is shaking confidence in the ability of automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to ensure the safety of millions of U.S. drivers. Toyota is advising U.S. owners to keep passengers out …

Honda Starts Third Party Audit Into Injuries and Deaths

Honda Motor Co. asked a third party to determine whether the automaker underreported fatality and injury claims to the U.S. government, which is investigating airbag failures with potentially deadly defects. The third-party audit began in September and Honda will soon …

Car Industry Struggles to Solve Air Bag Explosions

A year ago, Japan’s Takata Corp, the world’s second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong. More than a million Honda Motor Co Ltd vehicles …