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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

Impacted Nissan Cube models are fitted with Takata’s PSDI-X airbag inflators. Nissan has collected parts from the field and ...

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.

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 ...

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 immediate 'stop drive' notice has been issued for all examples across Europe that have yet to be recalled for a ...

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 ...