Japan’s investigation into dangerous air bags is leading to a remote scrapyard in the central Gifu prefecture, where the explosion of a car model not included in current recalls suggests automakers may have to yet again expand their safety campaigns. …
Honda Motor Co. wants regulators to make U.S. motorists comply with carmakers’ recall notices. Amid reports of people killed because they didn’t know their cars had a defect, an executive with the Japan-based carmaker urged state and federal regulators to …
Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and other major automakers have fixed only a fraction of the almost 8 million cars called back in the last two years to replace potentially defective Takata Corp. air bags. About 6 percent of …
The U.S. auto safety regulator has told Japanese supplier Takata Corp. and five automakers to expand nationwide a regional recall of potentially lethal air bags, increasing pressure on the industry to move faster in a growing scandal. The National Highway …
Honda Motor Co said on Thursday that a driver in Malaysia died in July after being hit by shrapnel from an air bag supplied by Takata Corp – the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States. The …
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., 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. and carmakers that install the company’s air bags were sued by U.S. drivers over claims they were duped into buying unsafe vehicles following the recall of almost 8 million cars from 10 automakers. Buyers or leasers of Honda …
Nissan Motor Co. expanded a global recall of cars using Takata Corp.-made air bags, which have been linked to four deaths in Honda Motor Co. cars. Nissan will call back 260,000 vehicles worldwide, including 104,905 units in Japan, Yuriko Masuda, …
Four Japanese automakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co are recalling 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because airbags supplied by Takata Corp are at risk of catching fire or injuring passengers. The move announced on Thursday …
