airbag

Retail Asia10/05/2021

Ferrari Vietnam is recalling 24 cars for airbag faults that can cause severe damage in the event of a crash. The recall covers five models: 458 Speciale, 488 GTB, 488 Spider, California T, and F12 Berlinetta. The recalled cars were produced between March 2014 and July 2017, according to a statement submitted by the automaker […]

Retail Asia30/12/2020

India on Tuesday sought public comment on a proposal to make airbags mandatory for the front passenger in all cars from next year, in a move that could raise costs for automakers slowly seeing a revival in demand. Carmakers are required to provide an airbag only for the driver, though Indian officials have been talking […]

Retail Asia01/10/2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed a new center side airbag, which works to separate the space between driver and passenger. The Group will roll out the technology in upcoming vehicles. This new, additional airbag expands into the space between driver and passenger seats to prevent head injuries of passengers in the front row. If there […]

Retail Asia09/09/2019

The development and testing of the new airbag was led by engineers at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. in Ohio in partnership with Autoliv Jim Keller, President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc, said, “This new airbag technology represents Honda’s continuing effort to advance safety performance in a wider variety of crash scenarios and reflects the innovative […]

Retail Asia23/01/2019

Hyundai Motor Group, Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Monday it has developed a safer airbag deployment system to better protect people from multiple crashes. The advanced airbag system immediately prepares for additional crashes once it recognizes an initial collision, in cases where the collision is not serious enough to warrant a deployment, the conglomerate […]

Retail Asia18/09/2017

General Motors and its joint venture in China, Shanghai GM, will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles due to faulty airbag inflators, China’s top quality watchdog as said. The vehicles are equipped with airbag inflators produced by troubled Japanese manufacturer Takata, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. From Oct. 29, […]

Retail Asia21/07/2017

Takata’s bankruptcy filing last month was meant to draw a line under the auto industry’s biggest safety recall, but last week’s announcement of more air bag inflator recalls suggests automakers could face fresh liabilities in the future. In late-2015, U.S. regulators gave Takata until the end of 2019 to prove that its replacement air bag […]

Retail Asia26/06/2017

Japan’s Takata Corp decided on Monday to file for bankruptcy protection in Japan with liabilities of more than 1 trillion yen (US$9 billion), Japanese media reported, as the auto parts supplier has struggled due to its defective air bag inflators at the center of the auto industry’s biggest ever product recall. The decision came at […]

Retail Asia20/06/2017

Japan’s Takata, facing bankruptcy over the biggest recall in automotive history, would stop making air-bag inflators after completing a global recall, under a restructuring plan under consideration by its steering committee, sources told Reuters on Friday. The committee is discussing plans with rival Key Safety Systems Inc (KSS) which is negotiating to take control of […]

Retail Asia22/05/2017

Japanese chemicals maker Daicel and auto parts maker Toyoda Gosei Co said on Friday they will invest 1 billion yen ($8.98 million) in each other’s equity, deepening ties as both companies expand their global air bag businesses. Daicel, which produces inflators used in air bags, along with polymer and plastic products, and Toyoda Gosei, which […]

Retail Asia17/01/2017

Japan’s Takata is expected to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its handling of air bag ruptures linked to 16 deaths worldwide, sources said. The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation and $850 […]

Retail Asia08/11/2016

As auto supplier Takata Corp (7312.T) prepares for a possible U.S. bankruptcy filing, potential bidders are poring over a recent U.S. court ruling that could expose a buyer to liability for the company’s defective air bags, sources have told Reuters. Takata faces potentially billions of dollars in costs from the world’s largest automotive recall, stemming […]

Retail Asia29/10/2016

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday said it was recalling a total of about 5.8 million cars at home and abroad over potentially faulty air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. The recall, which includes the Corolla and the Vitz subcompact hatchback model which is marketed overseas as the Yaris, covers models produced between May […]

Retail Asia27/09/2016

BMW Group said today it is recalling about 110,000 cars in Japan over potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata Corp., as part of the auto industry’s largest ever global call back. The automaker recalled 44 models including its 1-series 116i and 118i hatchbacks and the 3-series 320i sedan to replace passenger-side airbags made by […]

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Ferrari Vietnam recalls cars over faulty airbags

India Seeks Comment On Proposal To Make Airbags Mandatory For Car Front Passengers

Hyundai Motor Group Develops New Centre Side Airbag

Honda Develops New Front Airbag Technology

Hyundai develops safer airbag deployment system

GM, China JV to recall over 2.5 million vehicles over airbags

With new Takata air bag recalls, automakers may face more liabilities

Takata decides to file for bankruptcy

Takata would stop making air-bag inflators under new plan

Daicel, Toyota affiliate plan capital tie-up to expand air bag businesses

Takata to pay $1 billion to settle U.S. air bag probe

Potential bidders for Takata may balk at GM bankruptcy precedent

Toyota to recall 5.8 million cars in Japan, China, Europe over Takata airbags

BMW recalls 110,000 cars in Japan over Takata airbags