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Honda Joins Toyota in New Takata Airbag Recall

Today’s story covers the addition of another 465,000 vehicles as Honda joins Toyota in the recall. This brings the numbers in this latest recall up to 1,066,000 vehicles. The post Honda Joins Toyota in New Takata Airbag Recall appeared first … Continue reading

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Another Death in the Takata Airbag Case, Count Up To 20

A long list of recalled vehicles have the faulty Takata airbags in them, bags which use ammonium nitrate to cause the explosion to inflate the bag in an accident. The issue is that the chemical deteriorates over time, especially when … Continue reading

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Hyundai Airbag Defect May Block Driver Airbag Deployment

Hyundai is recalling 205,233 model year 2007-2008 Hyundai Veracruz vehicles manufactured from December 26, 2006 through March 21, 2008, and model year 2007-2008 Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles manufactured from April 19, 2006 through March 20, 2008. The clock spring contact … Continue reading

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Consumer Expectation Test Applied to Airbag Defect Claim

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a summary judgment ruling in favor of Honda Motor Company in a case involving a non-deploying airbag. The court said that since the plaintiff stated her expectation about the airbag… … Continue reading

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