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Kobe Steel's Data-Fabrication Stuns Japanese Manufacturers
The admission from the steel and aluminum maker follows scandals involving falsified data at household names such as Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors and Takata Corp., which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
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Honda Engineer Debunks Own Claim About Cause Of Takata Air Bag Failures
Honda Motor Co (7267.T) on Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about "the root cause" of Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag failures, but the engineer later said he was mistaken.
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Four Car Makers Settle Claims Over Takata Inflators For $553 Million
Takata's inflators can explode with excessive force and unleash metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks, and are blamed for at least 16 deaths and more than 180 injuries worldwide. The settlement brings attention to the knock-on effect of the recalls, which began around 2008 and covers nearly 100 million inflators around the world used in vehicles ma...
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US Confirms 11th Death Due To Takata Air Bags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.'s defective air bag inflators.
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Takata Failed To Report 2003 Air Bag Rupture To US Road Authority
Japanese air bag supplier Takata Corp said it failed to inform the US auto safety agency of a 2003 rupture of one of its air bag inflators in Switzerland, according to an internal Takata report released by US regulators on Friday.
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Toyota Recalls 3.37 Million Cars Over Airbag, Emissions Control Issues
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp has recalled 3.37 million cars worldwide over possible defects involving airbags and emissions control units.
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Takata to Recall 34 Million Vehicles in US With Defective Air Bags
Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp has agreed to declare nearly 34 million vehicles defective due to problems with air bag inflators, creating the largest automotive recall in American history, U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday.
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Airbags May Come With an Expiry Date in the Future
Japanese carmakers are mulling the idea of introducing expiration dates for airbags, the head of the country's auto industrial body said today, after millions of cars around the world were recalled.
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Toyota Motor Corp to Recall 57,000 Cars Globally For Dangerous Takata Airbags
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall 57,000 vehicles globally to replace potentially deadly air bags made by Takata Corp, in a sign that the safety crisis surrounding the Japanese auto parts maker is far from contained.
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Honda Admits Under-Reporting Serious US Accidents Since 2003
Honda said in a statement that its count of underreported claims came from a third-party audit.
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Airbag Maker Asked Technicians to Hide Test Results
Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker at the centre of a global vehicle recall, ordered its technicians to destroy results of tests on some of its air bags after finding cracks in air bag inflators.
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Toyota Recalls 247,000 Vehicles in US over Takata Air Bags
Toyota Motor Corp recalled 247,000 cars, SUVs and pickup trucks in the United States on Monday because of potentially defective front passenger air bag inflators from Japan's Takata Corp that can rupture and spray metal shrapnel, according to US safety regulators.
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BMW to Recall 1.6 Million Cars on Concerns over Takata Air Bags
German automaker BMW said that it is recalling about 1.6 million cars worldwide to replace passenger-side front air bags made by Takata Corp because the inflators could break apart during deployment and injure passengers.
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BMW to Recall 1.6 Million Cars on Concerns over Takata Air Bags
German automaker BMW said on Wednesday it is recalling about 1.6 million cars worldwide to replace passenger-side front air bags made by Takata Corp because the inflators could break apart during deployment and injure passengers.
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GM Dealers Stop Selling Some Cruze Sedans with Takata Air Bags
Potentially faulty air bags supplied by Takata have led to the recall of about 10.5 million vehicles worldwide, many of them made by Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co.
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Kobe Steel's Data-Fabrication Stuns Japanese Manufacturers
The admission from the steel and aluminum maker follows scandals involving falsified data at household names such as Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors and Takata Corp., which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
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Honda Engineer Debunks Own Claim About Cause Of Takata Air Bag Failures
Honda Motor Co (7267.T) on Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about "the root cause" of Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag failures, but the engineer later said he was mistaken.
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Four Car Makers Settle Claims Over Takata Inflators For $553 Million
Takata's inflators can explode with excessive force and unleash metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks, and are blamed for at least 16 deaths and more than 180 injuries worldwide. The settlement brings attention to the knock-on effect of the recalls, which began around 2008 and covers nearly 100 million inflators around the world used in vehicles ma...
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US Confirms 11th Death Due To Takata Air Bags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.'s defective air bag inflators.
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Takata Failed To Report 2003 Air Bag Rupture To US Road Authority
Japanese air bag supplier Takata Corp said it failed to inform the US auto safety agency of a 2003 rupture of one of its air bag inflators in Switzerland, according to an internal Takata report released by US regulators on Friday.
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Toyota Recalls 3.37 Million Cars Over Airbag, Emissions Control Issues
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp has recalled 3.37 million cars worldwide over possible defects involving airbags and emissions control units.
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Takata to Recall 34 Million Vehicles in US With Defective Air Bags
Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp has agreed to declare nearly 34 million vehicles defective due to problems with air bag inflators, creating the largest automotive recall in American history, U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday.
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Airbags May Come With an Expiry Date in the Future
Japanese carmakers are mulling the idea of introducing expiration dates for airbags, the head of the country's auto industrial body said today, after millions of cars around the world were recalled.
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Toyota Motor Corp to Recall 57,000 Cars Globally For Dangerous Takata Airbags
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall 57,000 vehicles globally to replace potentially deadly air bags made by Takata Corp, in a sign that the safety crisis surrounding the Japanese auto parts maker is far from contained.
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Honda Admits Under-Reporting Serious US Accidents Since 2003
Honda said in a statement that its count of underreported claims came from a third-party audit.
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Airbag Maker Asked Technicians to Hide Test Results
Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker at the centre of a global vehicle recall, ordered its technicians to destroy results of tests on some of its air bags after finding cracks in air bag inflators.
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Toyota Recalls 247,000 Vehicles in US over Takata Air Bags
Toyota Motor Corp recalled 247,000 cars, SUVs and pickup trucks in the United States on Monday because of potentially defective front passenger air bag inflators from Japan's Takata Corp that can rupture and spray metal shrapnel, according to US safety regulators.
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BMW to Recall 1.6 Million Cars on Concerns over Takata Air Bags
German automaker BMW said that it is recalling about 1.6 million cars worldwide to replace passenger-side front air bags made by Takata Corp because the inflators could break apart during deployment and injure passengers.
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BMW to Recall 1.6 Million Cars on Concerns over Takata Air Bags
German automaker BMW said on Wednesday it is recalling about 1.6 million cars worldwide to replace passenger-side front air bags made by Takata Corp because the inflators could break apart during deployment and injure passengers.
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GM Dealers Stop Selling Some Cruze Sedans with Takata Air Bags
Potentially faulty air bags supplied by Takata have led to the recall of about 10.5 million vehicles worldwide, many of them made by Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co.
