Center for Auto Safety Urges NHTSA to Reconsider Takata Repair Extensions

The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) continues to urge the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to curb its deadline extensions to automakers charged with providing enough replacements for recalls of Takata airbags. In July 2018, the safety advocacy group... Read more

GM Files 3rd Request to Avoid Takata Airbag Recalls

General Motors (GM) has now filed three petitions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requesting a recall exemption for nearly two million of its 2007 to 2013 model vehicles with Takata airbags, which have been linked to at... Read more

7th Person Dies from Takata Airbag in Malaysia

Takata airbags, which carry a risk of overpressurizing and exploding if the volatile ammonium nitrate inside is exposed to moisture and heat cycles over time, have so far been responsible for 23 driver deaths worldwide, with more expected. Seven of... Read more

Takata Update: 62,307 ‘Alpha’ Inflators Still on the Road

The Senate Committee on Commerce held a congressional hearing last month to understand the latest details of the Takata recall, which is the largest in auto industry history. Takata’s potentially fatal airbag inflators affect more than 37 million vehicles and... Read more

Senators Hold Congressional Hearing to Examine Status of Takata Airbag Recall

As the number of potentially lethal Takata Corp. airbags continues to rise, U.S. senators held a congressional hearing earlier this week to address the status of the largest automotive recall in history. According to the findings of the hearing, around... Read more

Takata Agrees to Pay Three Former Employees Turned Whistleblowers $1.7 Million

One week after U.S. Senators vocalized their frustration over the lack of progress in the Takata airbag recall, the U.S. government announced that Takata has agreed to pay three whistleblowers who provided key information about Takata’s efforts to conceal the... Read more

Takata Special Master Opens Claims Process for Personal Injury or Wrongful Death

There is now a process for getting compensation for Takata airbag-related personal injury or wrongful death claims. The court appointed Professor Eric D. Green to serve as Special Master of the Takata Individual Restitution Fund (IRF). Green is also the... Read more

Side Airbags May Deploy Unexpectedly; Nissan Recalls 54,000

In many countries around the world slamming the car door is a sign of disrespect to the owner of the vehicle. This is not necessarily the case in the United States, but some Nissan owners may want to rethink... Read more

Takata Agrees to Plead Guilty & Pay $1 Billion as Massive Recall Expands

Takata to Pay $1 Billion as Massive Recall Continues to Expand The largest automotive recall in U.S. history continues to grow as regulators say more than 20 million dangerous Takata airbag inflators remain on American roads. It is now estimated... Read more

Mercedes Recalls 47,799 Vehicles; SUV Airbags Could Fail in Crash

Mercedes Recalls 47,799; SUV Airbags Could Fail in Crash A glitch in the Mercedes-Benz Occupant Classification System (OCS) software found in 47,799 of their SUVs, has led the German luxury automaker to announce their first recall of 2017 in conjunction with... Read more

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