Takata air bag recall News

Car Maker Stellantis Extends Preventive Recall to Other Models Over Airbag Worries

Car maker Stellantis has preventively extended a recall of vehicles with potentially faulty airbags to more Citroen and DS models, as well as the Opel brand, spokespeople for the carmaker told Reuters on Friday. Citroen C4, DS4 and DS5 models …

Stellantis Rushes to Replace Thousands of Faulty Takata Airbags

Stellantis NV is rushing to fix around 500,000 cars from its CitroΓ«n and DS brands after urging clients to stop driving them due to faulty air bags from now-defunct Takata Corp. The company is providing replacement vehicles, sourcing new air …

GM Recalls Nearly 900 Vehicles With Takata Air Bag Inflators

General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash. The recall covers certain Chevrolet Camaro, Sonic and Volt vehicles as well as the …

Here’s Why Auto Safety Investigators Are Still Probing Takata Air Bag Inflators

Why are U.S. auto safety regulators opening a new investigation into Takata air bag inflators installed in millions of vehicles built over the past 20 years? Some of those vehicles have the original inflators that were installed when they were …

U.S. Safety Agency Investigates Air Bags Made by Takata Successor Joyson

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating potentially faulty air bags made by Joyson Safety Systems, the successor to defunct manufacturer Takata Corp. that is at the center of one of the biggest recalls in history. The agency, …

Safety Agency Orders Ford to Recall 3 Million Vehicles Over Takata Air Bags

Ford Motor Co. must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday, rejecting a bid by the second-largest U.S. automaker to avoid a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety …

Deadly Defect Causes Takata to Issue Another Major Air Bag Recall

Takata Corp., the auto-parts supplier that went bankrupt after its air bags spurred the largest-ever recall, told U.S. safety regulators that another 1.4 million U.S. vehicles need to be repaired over a potentially deadly defect. Inflator devices Takata supplied to …

Ford Recalls More Than 953,000 Vehicles Globally to Replace Air Bag Inflators

Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. The move includes over 782,000 vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of recalls in …

16.7 Million Recalled Takata Air Bags Still Unrepaired and on U.S. Roads

More than three years after the government took over management of recalls involving dangerous Takata air bag inflators, one third of the recalled inflators still have not been replaced. That’s according to an annual report on the recalls released by …

Faulty Takata Air Bags Prompt New Zealand Recall of 50,000 Cars

New Zealand’s government on Wednesday issued a compulsory recall for 50,000 cars with faulty Takata air bags after saying a voluntary recall wasn’t making enough progress. The move comes after Australia issued a compulsory recall for 2.7 million cars with …