Airbag Recall

• Canada playing wait-and-see as U.S. battles to recall 57M airbag inflators

  The issue is over airbag inflators from U.S.-based company ARC Automotive, which has resulted in seven incidents in the U.S. since 2009 and one death in Canada.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2023
  
• Company refuses U.S. recall request for potentially dangerous airbag inflators

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding the Tennessee company recall 67 million inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel.

  Consumer

  May 12, 2023
  
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• Takata adds 3.3 million faulty airbags to largest automotive recall in U.S. history

  The bags have been linked to over 180 injuries and 18 deaths, including the most recent one identified — in Louisiana last month.

  Consumer

  Jan 7, 2018
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• Honda recalls 1.2 million Accord vehicles because batteries can catch fire

  This recall will cover Accords from the 2013 to 2016 model years.

  Consumer

  Jul 13, 2017
• Toyota customer driven to frustration waiting for replacement airbag

  A Vancouver Island man says he's been driving his car in fear for 15 months.

  Consumer

  Nov 10, 2016
• Ford recalling 1.9M vehicles to replace faulty Takata airbags

  Certain Takata air bags can inflate with too much force and spew shrapnel into the vehicles. At least 11 deaths worldwide are related to the defect.

  Consumer

  Jun 1, 2016
• Exploding Takata airbag claims life of teen; 8th U.S. death

  A teen driver who died a few days after a July car crash near Pittsburgh has been confirmed as the eighth death in the U.S. due to an explosive airbag made by auto parts maker Takata, federal transportation officials said Wednesday.

  Consumer

  Dec 23, 2015
• 1.2 million vehicles in Canada affected by Takata airbag recall

  Transport Canada has released a detailed list of vehicles being recalled in Canada due to faulty airbags made by Japan's Takata Corp., saying 1.2 million vehicles are part of the worldwide recall.

  Consumer

  May 28, 2015
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• Honda president to step aside following air-bag defect scandal

  Honda Motor Co., the Japanese automaker at the centre of an air-bag defect scandal, said Monday its president Takanobu Ito will step aside and be replaced by another Honda executive.

  World

  Feb 23, 2015