Takata

Retail Asia16/11/2020

A U.S. auto safety regulator said on Thursday it identified the 18th U.S. death tied to a Takata airbag inflator rupture after the review of a recent BMW crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it had concluded a Takata airbag inflator rupture during a September crash in Arizona had led to fatal […]

Retail Asia02/11/2017

The defective airbag inflators have been linked to 19 deaths and more than 180 injuries worldwide. Mitsubishi is recalling 2,519 of its Pajero models in Vietnam to replace potentially deadly defective airbag inflators. All cars imported between 2007 and 2016 should be taken to the company’s showrooms to receive free replacement inflators, it said. The […]

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 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 Asia03/10/2016

Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday that the driver-side airbag inflator ruptured during a fatal crash in Malaysia, in the fourth death this year in the Southeast Asian country linked to airbags from supplier Takata Corp (7312.T). The incident on Sept. 24 took place in Johor, a state in southern Malaysia, and involved a […]

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 […]

Retail Asia13/09/2016

Honda Motor Co on Thursday said it was recalling about 668,000 vehicles in Japan to replace air bag inflators supplied by Takata, as part of an expanded nationwide recall announced earlier this year. Japan’s second-largest automaker said it had recalled models including its Fit subcompact hatchback model, and the Civic and Accord sedan models over […]

Retail Asia10/06/2016

Ford Motor said it would recall about 1.9 million vehicles fitted with defective airbag inflators made by Japan’s Takata, in North America. Ford said on Wednesday that the affected vehicles include 2007-2010 Edge, 2006-2011 Fusion, 2005-2011 Mustang, 2007-2011 Ranger, 2007-2010 Lincoln MKX and 2006-2011 Lincoln MKZ, Zephyr and Mercury Milan.

Tag: Takata

18th U.S. Takata Death Reported, First In A BMW

Faulty Takata airbags force Mitsubishi to make car recall in Vietnam

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

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

Honda reports another Takata airbag rupture in fatal Malaysia crash

BMW recalls 110,000 cars in Japan over Takata airbags

Honda recalls 668,000 more cars in Japan over Takata air bags

Ford expands recall of vehicles with defective Takata airbags