Toyota Pushes Final Takata Airbag Safety Recall Ahead of Schedule
Toyota Canada has announced it is conducting the final phase of the safety recall involving Takata airbag inflators ahead of schedule, as the final remedy inflators are now available. In Canada, the affected models include the 2003-2008 Corolla, 2002-2007 Sequoia, 2003-2006 Tundra, and 2002-2010 Lexus SC 430, adding up to about 37,591 vehicles. According to […]
Takata Has Finally Settled Consumer Protection Cases With States, Agreed Not To Be Scummy
At this point, it seems like it has been a long time since Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata’s products were revealed to degrade in humidity, eventually turning its lifesaving airbags into shrapnel-throwing grenades. However, the fallout from the initial discovery is still ongoing, as suppliers struggle to replace the millions of dangerous, defective airbags, and Takata […]
Honda to Use Facebook to Reach Owners with Defective Takata Airbags
Dozens of manufacturers are currently scrambling to reach out to owners and encourage them to get their Takata airbag inflators repaired. Yesterday, Honda announced a new set of initiatives to complete these repairs, but because millions of owners still aren’t bringing in their Hondas, the automaker is resorting to Facebook to find them. Using Facebook’s […]
Mazda Announces Recall With Permanent Fix for Temporary Takata Replacements
The Takata airbag recall has gone on for a long time, now, representing the largest recall in history. Now, Mazda has a new recall of about 205,000 vehicles to make airbag replacements on vehicles which were already recalled and given a stopgap repair. The vehicles affected are 2007-2011 CX-7 and CX-9 SUVs and 2009-2011 Mazda6 […]
Four Automakers To Pitch In To Speed Up Takata Airbag Recall
It has been said that we live in the era of Big Recall, and we have seen the largest vehicle recall ever due to the Takata airbag inflators, which in humid areas gradually turn a vital safety device essentially into a grenade. Be Careful Out There: Make sure you are safe int he rain with […]
Takata Airbag Recall Nearly Doubles to 34 Million
Forget the GM recall debacle of 2014; the Takata airbag recall is the big story that has drivers everywhere pissed off, and rightly so. The issue dates back a whole 15 years, and only now is it starting to be addressed. Takata, an airbag supplier, made the announcement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
Toyota to Tackle Takata Airbag Issue
The nation is currently in a grip of terror. Okay, perhaps that’s a little extreme, but many drivers are faced with vehicles equipped with airbags that could explode and send shards of metal and other shrapnel into the car. And who wants that from a device designed to save your life, rather than mutilate your […]
Full List of Affected Vehicles in the Takata Airbag Recall
Yesterday, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally demanded a nationwide Takata airbag recall, with Japanese officials following suit soon after. Since then, both Honda and Toyota have released statements encouraging an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Takata, for its part, is still insisting that the airbags are only dangerous in high-humidity […]
Nationwide Takata Airbag Recall On Its Way
Although the Japanese company Takata has insisted that its faulty, exploding airbags are only really explodey in humid climates, such as Florida, there has been mounting pressure for Takata to recall and fix all of the 14 million affected vehicles; not just the 4.1 million covered by the US regional recall. Now the National Highway […]
New Honda November Sales Records Set In Spite of Takata Airbag Recalls
The folks at Honda have really been killing it, lately: their promotional videos are on point, they’re debuting new model, and their sales are doing great; in spite of those exploding Takata airbags that have literally killed a couple of Honda drivers. Although Honda has gotten a lot of bad press from continued Takata airbag […]
Honda Takata Recall Expands, Raises Questions
A couple of weeks ago, reports hit the news that multiple automakers were recalling vehicles for faulty airbags made by Japanese company Takata. Of all the brands affected, Honda was by far the hardest hit. And now, the Honda Takata recall is expanding to include vehicles in seven states, including more of the brand’s most […]
NHTSA Adds 1.4 Million More Vehicles to Takata Airbag Recall
Yesterday, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was recalling 4.7 million cars that were fitted with faulty (and potentially life-threatening) airbags. Late last night, that recall expanded to bring the total number of affected vehicles up to a whopping 6.1 million. The Takata airbag recall isn’t something new (automakers have been […]
Takata Recall Expands Past 10.5 Million Models
Honda, Nissan, and Mazda have recalled nearly three million cars wordwide for faulty airbag deflators supplied by Takata on the condition that they could, seemingly without warning, explode. The addition of 2.03 million Hondas, 775,000 Nissans, and 159,807 Mazdas brings the total number of vehicles recalled for faulty passenger- and driver-side air bags up around […]
Recall Alert: Toyota Recalls 766,300 Vehicles for Takata Airbag Shrapnel
If the phrase “Takata airbag shrapnel” sounds familiar to you, there’s a reason. In April 2013, Toyota recalled similar vehicles for the same issue. At the time, the Japanese automaker thought it had a complete list of vehicles affected by this fault, but it turns out that wasn’t the case. And so, today Toyota is […]
JAMA Technicians Present ‘The Tree of Hope’ Statue to Rikuzentakata
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that caused waves of up to 133 feet in the Iwate Prefecture. All told, 15,884 people died across 20 prefectures, and much of the country was left in complete disarray. Through all of the loss and destruction, one symbol of […]
What to Do if Your Car Has a Recall
This article is sponsored by Newsome Melton Law. Car recalls are a big deal. They happen when either the car manufacturer or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified a serious risk in certain cars due to the way they’ve been designed or put together in the factory. This can often lead to most, […]
Honda’s New Airbag Will Be Better for Side Collisions
Honda is developing a new airbag that will work better than the current standard airbag design when your car is involved in a collision that isn’t head-on, which the automaker says is the case in 56 percent of impacts. Because more than half of collisions involve your car connecting with something at an angle, it’s […]
Knee Air Bags Not That Helpful, Says IIHS
When it comes to vehicle safety, the more air bags the better, right? Not necessarily. The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) recently conducted a study that called the effectiveness of knee air bags into question. Knee air bags are usually located on the lower half of the dashboard. Their goal is to reduce leg […]