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Fiat 124 Spider Recalled For Airbags That Deploy Using Excessive Force

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Fiat 124 Spider Recalled For Airbags That Deploy Using Excessive Force

Photo: Fiat The National Highway Traffic Administration issued a recall for 15,835 2017-2020 model year Fiat/Abarth 124 Spiders because the airbags could deploy with “excessive force.” Specifically, the Bosch airbag control module can command a dual-stage front airbag deployment instead of the intended single-stage deployment in low-speed accidents. Jalopinions | Dodge Caliber Single-stage airbag deployment usually uses … Read more

Takata Airbags Are Still Killing People

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Takata Airbags Are Still Killing People

Image: Joe Skipper (Reuters) The death toll related to faulty Takata-built airbags continues to grow as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirms a 28th related fatality. On Tuesday the agency reported yet another air bag inflator death in a saga that has been ongoing since 2009, this one involving a Honda which crashed in … Read more

Hyundai Recalls 50,000 Santa Fe SUVs For Airbags That Do Everything Wrong

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Hyundai Recalls 50,000 Santa Fe SUVs For Airbags That Do Everything Wrong

Photo: Hyundai Airbags have a very simple job: Detonate when the car crashes and cushion your impact before your head hits the steering wheel. So long as the bag goes off when triggered, doesn’t detonate unexpectedly, and isn’t made of shrapnel, you ought to be pretty safe in your shiny new car. Unless it’s a … Read more

Now It’s The Replacement Airbags That Are Killing Americans

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Now It’s The Replacement Airbags That Are Killing Americans

Good morning! It’s Friday, July 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. We Hope Steve Never Has to Test This Motorcycle Airbag Vest 1st Gear: NHTSA Warns Millions Of Cars … Read more

After Largest Recall Ever, 6.4 Million Cars On U.S. Roads Still Have Deadly Takata Airbags

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After Largest Recall Ever, 6.4 Million Cars On U.S. Roads Still Have Deadly Takata Airbags

Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Max Burkholder’s First Car … Read more

Automakers Face ‘Weeks Of Disruption’ As They Divert Cars From Baltimore’s Blocked Port

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Automakers Face ‘Weeks Of Disruption’ As They Divert Cars From Baltimore’s Blocked Port

Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 28, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. We Found a Top Secret Toyota Supra GT300 Build at New York’s Auto Show 1st Gear: Bridge Collapse … Read more

Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

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Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. WCSYB? | Replacing a Jeep Cherokee 1st Gear: Ford Pivots To Smaller EVs A lot of noise has … Read more

Renault’s message to Indian regulators on airbag U-turn: If you lay down a path, follow it

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Renault’s message to Indian regulators on airbag U-turn: If you lay down a path, follow it

Renault wants India to adhere to its regulatory roadmaps after the French automaker incurred unnecessary engineering costs following New Delhi’s decision to not implement a proposal mandating six airbags in cars, the company’s country head said. Renault has less than a 2% share of India’s thriving auto market and is planning more investments. But it … Read more