Posts Tagged 'takata corporation'

Takata Airbag Recall Doubles to 34 Million Vehicles

takata airbag recall soars to 34 million vehiclesReaders who used to spend weekend mornings watching Warner Brothers cartoons may remember classic scenes of characters frantically trying to plug holes in dams. As each hole was plugged with a finger, gum, or anything else that might be nearby, two or three new holes would spring in its place.

Eventually the dam would crack and the character could only turn, look at the viewer, sadly blink a few ...

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Toyota Re-recalls 766,300 Vehicles for Airbag Shrapnel

Toyota to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles for shrapnel risk from airbagsToyota is recalling 766,300 cars and trucks in the United States for continued risk of shrapnel from passenger-side airbags. Toyota recalled vehicles in April 2013 for the same issue, but has discovered that the supplier, the Takata Corporation, may not have provided a comprehensive list of all of the cars that were potentially affected.

These recalls are because of improper ...

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Claim Filed in South Carolina over Honda Defective Airbag

defective airbag lawsuit filed in south carolinaThe first Takata airbag lawsuit has been filed in a South Carolina federal court over defective airbags found in Honda cars. The plaintiff claims to have sustained injuries from flying shrapnel after the airbag in her Honda deployed during an accident. An article by The State reports that the claim has been filed in a U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina.

The plaintiff is a twenty-one-year-old woman who ...

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Urgent Recall of 4.7 Million Airbags Following Multiple Deaths

Following at least four deaths and a recent crash in Florida, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) has made an urgent call for the repair of airbag inflation mechanisms in millions of vehicles. CBS of Dallas/Fort Worth reports on the recent warning issued to more than 4.7 million consumers. The urgent warning has been issued because the mechanisms that rapidly inflates airbags could explode and spray metal shards into the driver’s ...

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Honda and Others Recall 3 Million Cars over Airbag Defect

Honda recalls vehicles for shrapnel producing explosive airbagsHonda Motor Co. and other Japanese automakers recently recalled nearly 3 million cars with potentially explosive airbags that were manufactured by the Takata Corporation. The total number of cars recalled for the hazardous airbags is about 10.5 million vehicles over the past five years. The total makes this one of the top five biggest recalls in the car industry history.

The recalls cover passenger-side and driver-side ...

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