What if the airbag—once the ultimate symbol of automotive safety—turned into a hidden explosive capable of sending metal ...

Shattered by recall costs and lawsuits, Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. filed Monday for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., saying it was the only way it could keep on supplying ...

Defective Takata inflators can explode in a crash and shower drivers and passengers with hot shrapnel. At least 20 people have been killed worldwide, and more than 180 injured. The problem led Takata ...

This fine is twice that of the $7,000 per day fine previously levied against General Motors during its ignition-switch recall last year. Takata has not yet provided NHTSA with all of the information ...

It's the biggest auto recall in U-S history: nearly 50,000,000 Takata airbags so far, with roughly 20,000,000 more still to come -- that were installed in cars, trucks and S-U-V's, from 19 different ...

Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S. on Monday, saying it was the only way to ensure it could carry on supplying replacements for faulty air bag ...

DETROIT (AP) — A recall of air bags made by Japanese auto parts supplier Takata Corp. now has the dubious distinction of being the largest in U.S. history. The number of vehicles in the U.S. being ...

Last November, Takata finally agreed to stop using ammonium nitrate in airbag inflators by 2018. In fact, the company went a step further and promised to declare that all of its devices using that ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's the largest auto recall in history-tens of millions of Takata airbags need to be replaced. Those airbags have been linked to at least 10 deaths and more than 100 injuries ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash. Miami-Dade jurors reached a verdict for Jose Hernandez on Thursday, ...