52 Million Vehicles Recalled in the US Year-to-Date, That's One in Every Five Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / All things considered, 2014 was the worst year in terms of vehicle recalls, especially in the U. S. of A. The previous yearly record was stood at 30.8 million cars back in 2004. However, 2014 saw th...
Eye-Tracking Technology to Be Adopted By General Motors
3 Sep 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's a general rule that says new technologies will be adopted by the public only if they're easier to use than to ignore. Near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi connectivity and mobile ...
Defective Takata Airbags Force Re-Recall of Mazda6, RX-8
25 Jul 2014, 17:18 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Automakers are already dealing with a large number of recalls associated with faulty Takata airbags, but Mazda is now facing the recall of a previous recall to replace defective passenger side airba...
BMW Investigating Possible Defective Takata Airbags on BMW E46 3 Series
24 Jun 2014, 08:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It seems like after a couple of Japanese car manufacturers have recalled millions of their vehicles for problematic airbags, BMW is now looking into its own cars to see if their customers could be a...
Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda Recall 3.4 Million Cars Over Faulty Airbags
11 Apr 2013, 14:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japan’s biggest automakers, Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan, have issued a recall for 3.4 million of their vehicles over faulty airbags. In case you’re wondering why four different ma...
New Alcohol Detection Tech in the Works
17 Jan 2011, 14:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Since decades of motorized law enforcement have done little to limit the aftermath of driving under the influence of alcohol (according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statistic, half a million...
Takata Introduces SafeTraK Alertness Warning System
20 Dec 2010, 14:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / More and more automotive producers and suppliers are getting their act together and announce the launch of anti-drowsiness systems and features. Whereas last week we presented the Anti-Sleep Pilot f...
Inflatable Seat Belts to Be Sold by Takata
6 Dec 2010, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The natural evolution of the dull seat belt, the inflatable seat belt, will be expanding its reach and will no longer be a Ford key attribute. Takata Corporation, one of the biggest automotive suppl...
New Automotive Crash Test Facility Under Construction
20 Aug 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American subsidiary of Takata Corporation announced today it has launched the construction of an 18,500 square-foot facility located in Michigan, dedicated to automotive safety testing. Th...
Ford's Aligned Business Framework Welcomes Takata Corporation
11 May 2010, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford Motor Company elected Takata Corporation to join its Aligned Business Framework (ABF) for closer collaboration and a long-term relationship. Ford plans to use Takata’s vast global expe...
Honda Recalls 300,000 Accord, Civic on Airbag Issue
29 Jul 2009, 14:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported some ten days ago, Honda Motor America is recalling Accord and Civic models in the US due to faulty airbags. We come back on the story today to give some additional info. According to...