Nearly ten years have elapsed since one of the largest recalls in U.S. manufacturing history was initiated. In that time, 22 fatalities and over 400 injuries have occurred. And yet, Takata airbags are still killing motorists.
We last wrote about the Takata airbag recall in the spring of 2020 when 370,000 Volkswagen vehicles were added to the tally of over 70 million airbags installed in 42 ...
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Owners of a variety of Ford vehicles will want to pay attention to the corporation’s latest news as the automotive giant announced the recall of some 850,000 of its cars, trucks, and SUVs for a number of separate issues that affect each model differently.
Nearly 35,000 F-350 Super Duty trucks have been recalled over problems with their rear axles. The F-350 recall is especially concerning given that the vehicle ...
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The script has been the same since the crisis began. Automakers, the victims in the tale, had been unknowingly installing faulty Takata airbags into their vehicles for years and putting millions of lives at risk in the process. They would assume their role quickly and convincingly while the ire of legislators and the driving public was focused squarely on Takata.
That ire wasn’t entirely misplaced, as ...
continue reading...Ford has announced the recall of about 421,000 Escapes from 2001-4 in the United States over a defect in the cruise control cables that could make the vehicles susceptible to unintended acceleration, the New York Times reports.
The recall was announced after a recent demand by the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit consumer group, that Ford fix the cables, which the center said could be damaged by repairs for an unrelated recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced ...
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