• Takata fined for airbag recalls
    • 04/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Takata has been fined up to $200m (£130m) by US regulators for its handling of the faulty airbags recalls. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Takata failed to provide information about the dangerous airbags. The Japanese manufacturer will initially have to pay $70m, but the fine could [...]
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  • Takata recall could expand further
    • 20/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Regulators in the US said they could expand their investigation into Takata air bag inflators beyond 11 car manufacturers, as questions arose about whether vehicle design played a role in the devices posing a deadly risk to the public. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) chief Mark Rosekind [...]
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  • Vehicle manufacturers commit to AEB
    • 14/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Ten major vehicle manufacturers have committed to making automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on all new vehicles built, the US Department of Transportation, its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have announced. ‘We are [...]
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  • 19 million airbags still need repaired
    • 03/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Safety regulators in the US have stated that about 19 million defective Takata Corp air bag inflators remain installed in U.S. vehicles, and that the cause of the problem has yet to be identified. About 19.2 million vehicles containing a total of 23.4 million air bag inflators made by 11 automakers have been [...]
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  • Fiat Chrysler fined a record £67.6m
    • 28/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    US regulators have imposed a record fine of $105m on Fiat Chrysler (FCA) over recall failures. Under the agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the carmaker will also offer to buy back as many as 1.5 million vehicles and an independent observer will audit the company's recall [...]
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  • Fiat-Chrysler faces penalties over recalls
    • 03/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) faces action over the mishandling in the US of car recalls, according to the country's top vehicle safety regulator. Mark Rosekind of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration criticised FCA's recall of 11 million cars and its handling of fatal accidents. He told a [...]
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  • US lawmakers have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’
    • 24/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Policy makers in the US have warned of car 'recall fatigue' in a congressional hearing with regulators and carmakers about progress in a major airbag recall. Faulty airbags made by Japan's Takata have been linked to at least eight deaths, multiple injuries and has prompted the largest recall in US history. The [...]
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