A U.S. auto safety regulator warned car owners to avoid cheap, substandard replacement airbag inflators after the automotive parts were tied to three deaths and two life-altering injuries in the ...

Airbags manufactured by Takata have been subject to a recall that affected hundreds of thousands of vehicles from various ...

A MAJOR carmaker has recalled thousands of motors due to a defect that could prove deadly. Owners of popular Citroën models – ...

BMW of North America is recalling more than 394,000 cars due to concerns over airbag inflators that could explode, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Per the agency ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) was recently alerted to a ...

They include: If it is determined by a car dealership or a qualified mechanic that a vehicle has a faulty airbag inflator, the NHTSA advises replacing them and notifying a local Homeland Security ...

While most airbag inflators have been installed in passenger cars, they have also been equipped on trucks manufactured by Daimler and Ferrari’s luxury vehicles, according to the NHTSA.

Replacement airbag inflators in used cars in the U.S. have killed three people and caused life-altering, disfiguring injuries in two others in the last nine months alone, federal officials warned ...

The inflator can explode when the airbag deploys, sending fragments into the car and injuring the occupants, it said. Takata airbag inflators have been blamed for the deaths of at least 35 people ...