The road transport department announced on Friday the recall of an additional seven Vauxhall vehicles due to defective Takata driver airbags.Owners of the affected vehicles are being instructed to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- With so many of us staying at home, it is the perfect time to check your car for recalls. According to SafeAirbags.com, 400,000 recalled Takata airbags are still on Houston ...

Approximately 67 million Takata airbags were recalled years ago, because they could effectively become fragmentation grenades. The resulting stream of shrapnel caused numerous injuries and deaths ...

What if the airbag—once the ultimate symbol of automotive safety—turned into a hidden explosive capable of sending metal shards flying toward passengers? That chilling scenario, central to the ...

Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. The move includes 782,000 vehicles in the U.S. and is part of ...

This week’s Auto Safety Recall Derby spans everything from school buses and commercial trucks to luxury SUVs, off-road icons, ...

A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash. Miami-Dade jurors reached a verdict for Jose Hernandez on Thursday, according to ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash. Miami-Dade jurors reached a verdict for Jose Hernandez on Thursday, ...

Airbags are a vital part of any vehicle’s safety system, quietly standing by to protect us the very moment they are called upon. But when something goes wrong, the consequences can be severe. Just as ...

Defective Takata inflators can explode in a crash and shower drivers and passengers with hot shrapnel. At least 20 people have been killed worldwide, and more than 180 injured. The problem led Takata ...

The problem was an airbag inflator. Unfortunately, the letter continued, Ford didn’t yet have the necessary parts to fix it. The automaker advised Crowder to sit tight. Ford would let her know when ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DETROIT (AP) — A company that makes air-bag ...