8 ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ALERT: Honda recalling more than 750,000 vehicles
Honda is recalling more than 750,000 vehicles because the front passenger air bags may inflate when they’re not supposed to.
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8 ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ALERT: More Than 30 Million U.S. Drivers Don’t Know If They’re at Risk from a Rare but Dangerous Airbag Blast
Are you driving a vehicle with airbag inflators that could explode and spew shrapnel?
Takata Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Air Bag Case
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay $1 billion for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of its air bag inflators. Takata admits to hiding problems that can cause inflators to explode with too much force, hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers. U.S. prosecutors still are seeking…
U.S. Agency Closes Probe into Kia Small Cars Without Recall
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto safety regulators have closed an investigation into air bag problems in some Kia small cars without seeking a recall. In September, investigators began looking into problems in about 186,000 Spectra cars from 2007 through 2009. The agency and Kia received 163 complaints about failure of mats in the front passenger seats that detect whether a…
