Honda and Acura Airbag Recall Growing in Scope
An existing safety recall of the driver's side airbag in 2001 Honda Accord and Civic models is now being expanded to include more vehicles from American Honda Motor Company. The failure is a defect in...
View ArticleHonda Announces Another Recall
For the third time in a matter of weeks, Honda has announced a safety action, bringing the total of affected products to roughly 1 million. The latest issue involves defective minivan and crossover...
View ArticleHonda Adds Another 304,000 Vehicles to Ongoing Airbag Recall
Honda is recalling another 304,000 vehicles due to a problem with defective airbags linked to several deaths. TheDetroitBureau.com has more on the campaign which follows up on a series of recalls that...
View ArticleNHTSA Investigating Airbag Supplier Behind Four Recalls
Federal safety regulators have launched a probe into a Swedish supplier that provided potentially defective airbags to a variety of Japanese makers, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Subaru....
View ArticleHonda Recalls 750,000 Vehicles for Airbag Defects
After having the second-highest number of recalls for any maker operating in the U.S. market, Honda is getting off to a rough start for 2013, this time announcing it will recall nearly three-quarters...
View ArticleWhen Airbags Kill
They’re designed to save lives and reduce injuries, but a surprising number of Americans have been killed or injured due to problems with vehicle airbag systems. In fact, defects involving the devices...
View ArticleHonda Recalling Another 570,000 Vehicles
Honda's latest in a long-running series of airbag recalls covers over 570,000 vehicles. But word from Japan is that another major airbag problem has surfaced that could involve 3 million more defective...
View ArticleHonda Recalling Over 200,000 Vehicles for Shift Interlock Problems
Already hammered by a series of recalls that have so far involved well over a million vehicles since the beginning of the year, Honda has added another 200,000 sedans, crossovers and minivans to the...
View ArticleNHTSA Investigates Honda Airbags
Honda just received one more reminder that it has not escaped the issue of defective airbags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into 320,000 Honda minivan...
View ArticleAirbag Problems Force Major Honda Minivan, SUV Recall
Problems with airbag units that can deploy inadvertently has triggered the recall of nearly 400,000 Honda minivans and SUVs sold in North America. It's the latest in a series of airbag recalls for...
View ArticleAirbag Problems Force Honda, Nissan, Mazda to Recall Nearly 3 Million...
Barely two weeks after a major airbag recall at Toyota, three other Japanese manufacturers have taken similar steps that will impact nearly 3 million vehicles worldwide. Combined with service actions...
View ArticleHonda Adds Another 1 Mil Vehicle to Airbag Recall
One of the largest safety-related problems in automotive history has become even bigger, faulty Takata-made airbags forcing Honda to recall as many as 1 million more vehicles, while Subaru has become...
View ArticleNHTSA Increases Takata Airbag Warning to Cover 7.8 Million Vehicles
Federal safety regulators bungled their first attempt to warn owners of 7.8 million recalled vehicles equipped with airbags produced by Takata Corp. that they should bring their vehicles to dealers for...
View ArticleHonda Earnings Up, but Maker Lowers Full-Year Forecast
Honda profits surged during the July-to-September quarter, but the third-largest Japanese automaker nonetheless lowered its full-year forecast reflecting a variety of potential problems ahead. That...
View ArticleNHTSA Debates How Far to Expand Takata Airbag Recall
Federal regulators continue to debate how far to expand the recall of deadly Takata airbags. Meanwhile, Toyota and Honda are calling for industry-wide testing to see just how many airbags really do...
View ArticleHonda Expanding Recall, Even as Takata Deems Move Unnecessary
Even as its one of its key safety suppliers rejects a call for a nationwide recall of potentially defective airbags, Honda will expand the existing service action originally focused on select portions...
View ArticleHonda Trims List of Vehicles Targeted by Nationwide Airbag Recall
Honda will voluntarily recall about 5.4 million vehicles nationwide to fix potentially defective Takata airbags – about 10% fewer cars and crossovers than the maker had originally signaled when it...
View ArticleHonda Earnings Hammered By Recalls, Weak Japan Sales
Honda earnings took a sharp tumble during the most recent quarter, hammered by a variety of problems including the maker’s airbag recalls, as well as sluggish sales in its home Japanese market. More...
View ArticleSteering, Other Problems Lead to New Toyota Recalls
Toyota has ordered up several new recalls for a variety of issues, the most serious potentially leading to a “complete loss” of power steering in several of its most popular models, including the...
View ArticleHonda Launches National Ad Campaign Urging Drivers to Get Airbags Replaced
Honda is launching a major national advertising effort to convince buyers to repair millions of vehicles equipped with potentially deadly airbags produced by beleaguered Japanese supplier Takata. The...
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