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750,000 Takata Airbags Replaced in 12 Months; 5.7M Cars Still At Risk
More than a decade since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a nationwide recall of Takata airbags, 5.7 million vehicles across the U.S. still carry these defective ...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Reports 28th Death Due to Airbag Inflators
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it had confirmed the 28th death in the United States stemming from defective Takata airbag inflators since 2009. The issue has ...
Owners of Older Nissans Warned to Stop Using Cars Over Airbag Concerns
Owners of nearly 84,000 older Nissan vehicles in the United States equipped with recalled, unrepaired Takata airbags should immediately stop driving them due to a safety hazard, the U.S. National ...
Unrecalled Takata Inflators Monitored After Another Bursts, Injuring Driver
U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that ...
Some 2003 Ram Pickup Owners Urged Not to Drive Them After Another Airbag Inflator Death
Stellantis and the U.S. government are urging the owners of some 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata airbag inflator. The company says ...
Takata Clears Path Out of Bankruptcy by Settling Air Bag Claims
Takata Corp.'s U.S. operations, pushed into bankruptcy by the largest automotive recall in U.S. history, settled with two groups representing victims of its faulty air bags, the company said in court ...