Automotive safety systems supplier Takata will initiate steps to respond to public safety issues raised by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over faulty airbag inflators. The move comes close on the heels of a probe ...
A tough stance taken by regulatory authorities in the US on safety issues with vehicles can push up car prices, ushering in a new state-industry equation. Observing this, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne told Reuters that ...
Automobile maker Honda has recalled additional 4.89 million vehicles over safety crisis brought on by faulty airbags made by its Japanese supplier Takata. The latest recall includes those in Japan and other countries. The cars sold in ...
Tags: Faulty Airbags, safety crisis, Honda
Fourteen months after General Motors started recalling more than 2 million small cars with faulty ignition switches worldwide, the company says it has repaired about 70 percent of the vehicles that are still on the road. The figures, ...
Tags: GM, Ignition Switches, Manufacturing
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has launched two UltraCMOS RF switches that expand its existing ...
3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
Tags: income margins, shareholders, Construction
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is conducting an investigation on Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ new Jeep Cherokee SUV after the watchdog received complaints regarding engine compartment fires. Around 50,415 ...
Tags: Engine Compartment Fires, Auto
Honda Motor has been fined $70m in penalties by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for not reporting deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims. The penalty is divided into two parts, a maximum civil penalty ...
FCA US is recalling 66,819 older-model pickup trucks with manual transmissions to replace their faulty clutch ignition interlock switches. The company will recall certain Dodge Dakota, Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and Mitsubishi Raider ...
Tags: Ignition Fault, FCA, Auto Parts
Ford has announced to expand its recall of vehicles related to Takata driver-side airbag inflators to 502,489 vehicles. This recall includes 2005-2008 Ford Mustang vehicles built at Flat Rock Assembly Plant between 2004 and 2007 and ...
Chrysler has announced that it is adding 208,783 to it ongoing recall list to replace passenger-side air-bag inflators supplied by Takata. The latest recall will include older model vehicles that were bought or registered across five ...
Nissan is planning to recall around 470,000 sport utility vehicles and cars globally over issues related to a possible fuel leak. Reuters cited a document posted by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) which ...
Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
General Motors is planning to recall around 316,357 SUVs and sedans mainly North American region, due to issues related to low-beam headlights which can stop working. The affected vehicles include 2006-2009 Buick LaCrosse sedans, ...
Tags: General Motors
Honda has called other automakers to join in an industry wide third-party testing of Takata airbag inflators to fix the issue as soon as possible. The company is encouraging automakers to engage in independent engineering analysis to test ...