Just when motorists thought their vehicle was safe to drive, some 10 million car owners are finding out they will need to replace their front airbags yet again. The latest Takata airbag recall involves 10 million vehicles that had previously been recalled and repaired, but unfortunately the cars were fixed with the same dangerous inflators until a permanent replacement could … Read More
Ford, Mazda 2018 Recall 35,000 Ranger and B-Series Pickups for Defective Takata Air Bag Inflators
A month ago, Ford Motor Company reached out to 2,900 owners of the 2006 Ford Ranger pickup trucks and warned them not to drive them after finding out that a West Virginia man was killed by an exploding inflator. Now the auto maker is alerting others about these dangerous Takata airbags. The owners of certain Ford and Mazda vehicles are … Read More
11th Death May be Linked to Faulty Airbags, Takata Corp. to Recall 5.1 million Vehicles
An 11th death may be linked to faulty airbags manufactured by Takata Corp. Just days after reports of a 10th death attributed to Takata airbags was determined, the troubled Japanese airbag company has now identified a death in India in April 2015 that may have resulted from a ruptured airbag in a 2007 Honda Civic. The driver had been speeding, … Read More