With a Senate hearing scheduled for November 20, the investigations into the exploding airbag inflators from automotive supplier Takata are just beginning. Honda is among the automakers most ...

“Even minor crashes can result in exploding Takata airbags that can kill or produce life-altering, gruesome injuries,” NHTSA said in a press release. “Older model year vehicles put their ...

The statistics are harrowing: 27 confirmed deaths in the U.S. and over 400 injuries due to these exploding airbags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has unequivocally ...

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This is hardly the first instance of this issue. Since 2001, there have been 20 recalls tied to the exploding airbags supplied by Takata. The problem is possibly linked to the propellant in the ...

Takata will pay a US$25m fine, US$125m to people injured by the airbags and US$850m to carmakers that used them. The faulty airbags have been linked to at least a dozen deaths and more than 100 ...

In January, the Japanese manufacturer was convicted in the US for concealing dangerous defects in its exploding airbags. It agreed to pay a US$25m fine, US$125m to people injured by the airbags ...

There are a few things that can make the auto industry safer. One is legislation. Airbags became mandatory in the US in late 1998, and traffic fatalities have been on the decline ever since.

And last November Volkswagen recalled nearly 115,000 vehicles in the United States over “exploding” airbags in some Beetle and Passat models from 2006 to 2019. "The driver's side frontal ...

So far, at least 15 people have died from these airbags exploding and sending metal fragments into the car, French daily Libération reported. You may have already received a letter informing you ...

Another death has been linked to one of Takata’s faulty airbag inflators – the 11th confirmed fatality in a Honda vehicle related to the component. This particular incident didn’t involve a moving ...