Of the roughly 25,000 souls that perish inside a car on American roadways each year, roughly a quarter of those are passengers. Honda has developed a new type of airbag targeted at saving those lives in particular.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has identified about 313,000 older Hondas that have particularly dangerous Takata airbags.
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Four automakers are currently selling cars that they will probably have to recall in the coming years.
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The massive recall for faulty airbags made by Japanese automotive supplier Takata could get a lot bigger.
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In the future, cars could come equipped with external airbags to help enhance safety.
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According to Dodge, the airbag sensors can be overly sensitive setting off the side airbag if the door has been kicked or slammed with excessive force.
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Takata Corp. announced today that Stefan Stocker is stepping down from his position as the company’s president.
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Takata has admitted that it still has not determined the reason why its airbags are hurtling metal shards.
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Honda wants to assure its customers that the airbags in the cars they drive are safe.
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In response to the FIFTH recall of the new Honda Fit the company’s board has cut CEO Takanobu Ito’s pay by a whopping 20 percent!
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Toyota is conducting a supplemental recall of some 247,000 vehicles to correct a potential airbag issue.
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Today Chrysler announced that it will recall roughly 22,100 small cargo vans because the side airbags could inadvertently deploy.
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Volkswagen’s popular Jetta sedan just earned Top Safety Pick+ honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway safety.
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If you bought a Nissan vehicle from the 2013 or 2014 model year, there’s a good chance your car is being recalled.
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Depending on the results of a government probe, General Motors might find an old recall campaign expanding exponentially.
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New technology will be at work when driver’s side airbags deploy in the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze.
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If you’ve had your air bags replaced within the last three years by a repair shop other than a new car dealership, you may want to take heed of a warning that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is releasing.
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Driving is getting safer than ever with new safety features cropping up in cars like weeds on an abandoned Detroit lawn, but the same isn’t true for first responders prying people from the post-crash wreckage.
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Being obese might make car crashes more dangers according to a new study that suggests seriously overweight drivers sustain worse injuries and are more likely to be involved in collisions.
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Split between two vehicles from different eras with separate problems, Transport Canada is announcing recalls for the 2007-08 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2012-13 Hyundai Sonata.
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Cars are now safer to drive than they were a decade ago, according to a new NHTSA study — try to hide your surprise. What might come as news, on the other hand, is how safe cars were according to the study’s findings before recent idiot-proofing.
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Forget about the Geneva Motor Show for a minute. Ignore the sexy exotic cars, the allure, the mystique. Buick is teasing the new Enclave, set to debut at the New York Auto Show on April 4. GM didn’t give any specific details about the car, but promised that more would be revealed in the coming...
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Toyota is recalling 427 2011 RAV4 models because the side-curtain airbags that might not deploy. According to the notice, a propellant with incorrect specifications was used in the airbag inflator. In certain instances that can cause one or both of the devices to fail. The vehicles included in the recall were made between November 24...
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If you own a new GMC or Chevrolet van, there’s a chance the airbags might not be safe. The notice comes after General Motors and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that airbags in 1,798 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans manufactured between June 2, 2011 and October 17, 2011 have faulty airbag systems that fail...
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