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Honda Agrees to Pay More Than $605m in Compensation for Defective Takata Airbags
Sep 5, 2017Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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Ford Issues Safety Recall for Vehicles Featuring Several Takata Airbag Inflators
Jun 3, 2016Ford is issuing a safety recall for vehicles that have certain non-desiccated Takata passenger-side frontal airbag inflators after Takata declared those inflators are defective. This expanded recall follows Takata's notification to the ...
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NHTSA Seeks Details From VW and Takata on Airbag Ruptures
Aug 19, 2015The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has sought details from automaker Volkswagen and Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata about the explosion of a side airbag in a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. Volkswagen was not ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, auto parts, auto accessories, Volkswagen, airbag
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Hondo Motor Attributed The Death of a Woman Reported in September Last Year
Jun 24, 2015Hondo 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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Takata Will Initiate Steps to Respond to Public Safety Issues
May 21, 2015Automotive 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 ...
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Ford Has Announced to Expand Its Recall of Vehicles
Dec 23, 2014Ford 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 ...
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Honda Starts Conducting Tests to Find out Reasons for Airbag Explosion
Dec 18, 2014After 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 ...
Tags: Airbag, quality problems, Auto
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Rochon Genova Explores Possibility of Potential Class Preceding Over Takata Airbag Issue
Dec 17, 2014Canadian 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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Honda Plans to Expand The Takata Airbag Related Recall to Three Million Vehicles in The Us
Dec 9, 2014Honda 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 ...
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Honda Called Other Automakers to Fix The Issue as Soon as Possible
Dec 4, 2014Honda 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 ...
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Hagens Berman Has Filed a Second Class-Action Suit Against Takata
Nov 17, 2014Hagens Berman, a national class-action law firm, has filed a second class-action suit against Japanese parts supplier Takata Corporation and automaker Honda Motor Co., stating that Takata embarked on a concealment campaign, designed to ...
Tags: airbag systems, cheap airbags, Auto
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Toyota Has Announced That It Will Recall Further 247,000 Vehicles Over The Safety Issues
Oct 23, 2014Toyota has announced that it will recall further 247,000 vehicles over the safety issues related to Takata air bags. The vehicles include Toyota Corolla, Matrix, Sequoia, Tundra and Lexus SC vehicles that were manufactured between 2001 ...
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3.4 Million Vehicles Have Been Recalled by Japanese Car Makers Over Takata Airbag Defect
Apr 15, 2013Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda will recall approximately 3.4 million vehicles around the world to replace faulty airbags produced by Japanese parts supplier Takata Corp. The list of affected vehicles – which were all produced ...
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