Takata Airbag Recall

Toyota on Thursday said it was recalling a total of about 2.9 million vehicles globally in the latest campaign having to do with Takata airbag inflators. The affected cars are in Japan, China, Oceania and other regions, including its Corolla Axio sedan and RAV4 SUV crossover due to potentially faulty airbag inflators. Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru cars, Mitsubishi Motors and truck maker Hino also recalled a total of about 240,000 vehicles in Japan over inflat

Takata agrees to a deal with the feds.

This recall only affects passenger side airbags.

This latest fatality brings the human toll of Takata's faulty airbag inflators to at least 100 injuries and 11 deaths.

The Takata airbag curse has spread to the Jaguar XF and Land Rover Range Rover.

Corey Burdick lost an eye after an airbag in his Honda exploded during a low speed collision.

Former IIHS president Brian O'Neil says Takata selectively edited reports to make them shorter, prettier, and more favorable.

2016 Jeep Wranglers are still being sold with airbag inflators that will be recalled in the future.

Own a Honda Goldwing equipped with an airbag? We have bad news: Takata strikes again.

Similar recall adjustments are expected from the 17 other affected automakers this week.

After spending years searching for the cause of deadly Takata airbag defects, federal officials said Wednesday they've finally found answers.

The airbag safety crisis that has engulfed the auto industry – the one behind more than two dozens recalls from 11 different manufacturers affecting roughly 25 million vehicles over the past eight years – just got worse.

If Takata can't prove the safety of its un-recalled airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate, the US government thinks 85 million more need replacement.

A Takata-supplied airbag inflator ruptured in a 2002 Honda Civic on March 31 in an incident that killed a Texas high school senior.

The largest consumer product recall in history may carry a high price tag. In a worst-case scenario, Takata could spend $24 billion fixing tens of millions of defective airbags, according to Bloomberg.

According to internal documents obtained by Reuters, Honda had Takata change its airbag inflators to make them safer but didn't tell NHTSA. The decision could open the companies up to lawsuits.

Takata scandal is a "heaven-sent opportunity" for Joyson, a Chinese company, to enter airbag market. It bought a US airbag maker in February.

Toyota will expand its Takata airbag recall to include more examples of the Corolla, Matrix, and Lexus SC430.

Takata might reduce its workforce in Europe and sell off some divisions to pay for potential recall expenses.

Volkswagen says in a letter that the company doesn't agree with NHTSA's request to recall Takata airbag inflators because the automaker believes the components in its models are safe. However, the company will still conduct the safety campaign.