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  • DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS: Honda to recall 750,000 vehicles across US

    Due to defective airbags that could unintentionally activate during a crash, Honda said on February 6 that it would recall 750,000 vehicles in the U.S. On the same day, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that during a crash, the front passenger seat weight sensor could crack and short circuit, failing to suppress…

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  • During CES 2022 in January, Sony Chief Executive Kenichiro Yoshida announced the creation of Sony Mobility, suggesting for the first time that it will try to turn an electric vehicle (EV) development project started two years ago into a money-making venture. Today, the company announced that it is collaborating with another Japanese manufacturing giant Honda Motor Co…

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  • Auto News — Takata Corp., the airbag supplier behind the industry’s largest ever recall, routinely manipulated results of airbag inflator tests reported to Honda Motor Co., according to an ongoing audit commissioned by the supplier and its biggest customer. “Takata didn’t respond to requests for comment on Fitzgerald’s deposition and didn’t answer whether Tanaka still worked…

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  • A young girl aged 17 has become another victim of an exploding Takata air bag. The girl died after her car crashed near Houston. The girl named Richmond from Texas was driving a 2002 Honda Civic in Fort Bend County when the car crashed into another vehicle forcing the airbags to go off. The malfunctioning airbag…

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