Hondo Motor has attributed the death of a woman reported in September last year in Los Angeles to the violent deployment of Takata-made airbag, raising the toll to eight. The safety regulators in the US told Reuters that the death of one ...
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Automobile manufacturers will make a new recall history in the US, repairing defective airbags across 34 million cars after regulators pulled up Japanese supplier Takata on safety issues. With the historic recall expected to span over ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Quality assurance provider, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (BVCPS) has opened its new Electrical & Electronics laboratory specializing in the testing and certification of automotive components and systems, and large domestic ...
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Japanese airbag maker Takata has announced its plans to meet with engineers from its automaker customers, to update them about the root cause of the airbag inflator issue that led to recall of millions of vehicles worldwide. The meeting ...
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The president and chief operating officer of Japanese airbag maker Takata has stepped down from his post as a result of recalls of millions of vehicles carrying the company's defective airbags. Takata announced in a statement that Stefan ...
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 ...
Automotive suppliers will quality check more than 300 million airbag-inflator systems using sophisticated helium- and hydrogen-based leak-detection technology in 2015. Frontal airbags have reduced fatalities in frontal crashes by up to 25 ...
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After failing to get proper explanation from Takata, Honda Motor started conducting its own tests to find out reasons for airbag explosion with used and scrapped cars in Japan. The company was forced to take the step because Takata was ...
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Mercedes-Benz has started taking orders for its Mercedes-Maybach S-Class prior to the scheduled market launch in February 2015. This new Mercedes' flagship model with a length of 5453 mm and a wheelbase of 3365 mm, offers additional 20cm ...
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Canadian law firm Rochon Genova is exploring the possibility of a potential class preceding on behalf of Canadian vehicles owners over Takata airbag issue. The announcement comes in the wake of the recent recalls of more than a million ...
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Chrysler has announced that it will be voluntarily replacing front passenger-side airbag inflators to fix issues with its deployment. Around 149,150 vehicles are affected with the issue which includes 2003 version of Ram 1500, 2500 and ...
Honda is planning to expand the Takata airbag related recall to three million vehicles in the US. Previously the company recalled around 2.8 million vehicles mostly in humid areas of the US, where humidity could make the inflators more ...
TRW Automotive has demonstrated a combination of advanced restraint systems that can protect rear seat occupants in case of frontal accident. The advanced rear seat technologies showcased by TRW at the Airbag 2014 Symposium, included ...
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