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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that an eighth fatality in the U.S. has been linked to a defective air bag made by Takata, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.The auto safety agency also said it named a former US Justice Department official to oversee the massive recalls of airbags and the Japanese parts firm's compliance with a settlement.NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge told reporters on a conference call that the death took place in July in a recalled used 2001 Honda Accord coupe near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The unidentifi...
German automaker BMW has been fined $40 million by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to issue safety recalls in a timely manner to Mini owners. The fine, announced on Monday, caps a year of auto industry crackdowns by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Regulators have come down hard on the auto industry for problems ranging from air bag defects to cheating on emissions tests.The MINI Cooper Hardtop was recalled for the same issue in December of 2014, prompting the NHTSA's investigation for non-compliance.As part of the set...
American Honda has announced an expansion of its previous recall of faulty Takata air bags that may be at risk. Another 127,000 bad Takata airbag inflators to its growing recall. This latest round affects 2003 and 2004 CR-V crossovers. This is the first time that the 2004 CR-V has been included in the airbag recall.The Honda Models included in the recall are:-2003-2007 Honda Accord-2001-2005 Honda Civic-2002-2004 Honda CR-V (all 2002 and certain 2003 CR-V previously included)-2003 Honda Element-2002-2003 Honda Odyssey-2003 Honda PilotRepairs will be conducted free of charge, and Honda not...
Takata Corp. handled their air bag crisis is the very reason why they lost one of their biggest investors, Sawakami Asset Management. He was one of the automotive supplier, 12th largest shareholder, but the firm lost faith in Takata after the management refused to explain what was happening during the crisis. “We could not help feeling the management is not trustworthy,” fund manager Takahiro Kusakari said in an interview from his office in Tokyo. “We felt Takata had a ‘we are needed and our products are needed, so the business will come back and the situation won&...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles misinformed US auto safety controllers about recall announcements to the owners of Fiat cars.A transportation secretary is engaged to monitor the recall of millions of Fiat Chrysler vehicles. Takata's air bag inflators can burst up into the passenger compartment. Such air bags led to eight deaths and they had to recall tens of millions of cars, including 4 million made by Fiat Chrysler.Gordon Trowbridge, a spokesman for NHTSA, said Slater, head of Transportation Department, had disclosed his representation of Takata, but the safety administration and Fiat Chr...
