Auto Safety Agency Counts 85M Unrecalled Takata Inflators in U.S. April 18, 2016 By TOM KRISHER About 85 million Takata airbag inflators that haven’t been recalled are inside cars and trucks now being driven in the...
Texas Teen Is 10th U.S. Death Linked to Takata Airbag April 11, 2016 By Jeff Plungis A 10th person has died in a crash in the U.S. involving a ruptured Takata Corp. airbag inflator, according to...
U.S. Agency Won’t Consider Takata Impact in Recall Decisions April 4, 2016 By Jeff Plungis The chief U.S. auto safety agency says it won’t take Takata Corp.’s financial viability into account when it decides whether...
Takata Placing Worst-Case Recall Costs at $24B March 31, 2016 By Yuki Hagiwara and Takako Taniguchi Takata Corp., the supplier behind the auto industry’s biggest recall ever, estimated that a comprehensive callback of its airbag inflators...
Auto Safety Chief’s Car Part of Takata Airbag Recall March 18, 2016 By TOM KRISHER A family car owned by the nation’s top auto safety regulator’s family has been recalled to fix a faulty Takata...
U.S. Lawmakers Allege Takata Manipulated Data to Hide Airbag Issues February 25, 2016 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday stepped up pressure on federal regulators and Takata Corp to accelerate the recall of millions of...
Chances of Total Takata Airbag Recall Rise With More Deaths February 19, 2016 By TOM KRISHER As the Takata airbag saga drags on, concerns are growing that tens of millions of U.S. drivers with cars that...
Takata Engineer Refused to Testify in Airbag Failure Lawsuit February 18, 2016 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Susannah Nesmith A Takata Corp. engineer involved in testing the company’s airbags invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in declining to testify...
Airbag Concerns Prompt Daimler U.S. Recall of 840,000 Vehicles February 11, 2016 By David Shepardson and Edward Taylor Daimler has said it is to recall 840,000 U.S. vehicles with Takata airbag inflators that could be defective, resulting in...
Takata Airbag Repairs Continue, Honda Recalls 2.2M More Vehicles February 5, 2016 By TOM KRISHER Honda is recalling another 2.2 million Honda and Acura vehicles because the driver’s airbag inflators made by Takata can explode...