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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What started with just over 10 million vehicles from a few manufacturers would expand over the next four years to involve over 100 million vehicles from 19 separate automakers. Of those, the United States would see 69 million recalls on its own as faulty Takata airbags have killed more than 20 people around the world and led to the largest recall in US automotive history.
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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...Any hope that disgraced airbag manufacturer Takata might have had of an easing of pressure by lawmakers and regulators to see its airbag recall through evaporated recently when deadlines to complete the monumental task were actually moved up.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an order last month that sets new, accelerated deadlines for when replacement airbag systems must be available to auto manufacturers. It also increased the responsibility ...
continue reading...When 17-year old Huma Hanif accidentally rear-ended the car in front of her in Fort Bend County, Texas earlier this year, she should have been able to walk away from it. There should have been an exchange of records and information and she should have been able to carry on with her day, ever so slightly worse for the wear.
Instead, she’d become the 10th person in America believed to die ...
continue reading...As the Takata airbag scandal started picking up steam, at least one explosion event went unreported by the manufacturing giant. It occurred in Switzerland in 2003 and, according to Takata’s own records, was never reported to the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The claim may seem outrageous at first glance, but is just one part of a long string of deceptions perpetrated by a ...
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