Tag: airbags

July 19, 2019

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s Autoliv cut its 2019 sales growth outlook on Friday, as the car safety equipment maker became the latest casualty of a deteriorating global auto industry to report weaker than expected quarterly earnings. Autoliv said it was stepping […]

July 19, 2017

Takata Corp.’s bankruptcy filing last month was meant to draw a line under the auto industry’s biggest safety recall, but last week’s announcement of more airbag inflator recalls suggests automakers could face fresh liabilities in the future. In late 2015, U.S. regulators gave Takata […]

December 23, 2016

Automakers may recall as many as 400,000 vehicles that have Autoliv Inc. seat belt and airbag parts worldwide, the Swedish auto safety parts maker said on Friday. Autoliv, which says its products are in 1,300 auto models around the world, […]

September 26, 2016

Hundreds of Takata Corp. airbag inflators pulled from cars in the auto industry’s biggest recall later ruptured in testing, showing the potential risks to drivers. Documents released Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal that of 245,000 recalled […]

September 21, 2016

Global automakers are expected to descend on Tokyo at the end of the month to decide the fate of embattled supplier Takata Corp. Executives from customers, including General Motors and Ford Motor Co., will review offers from several bidders for […]

April 14, 2016

U.S. auto safety regulators said on Wednesday there are about 85 million unrecalled Takata airbag inflators in U.S. vehicles that would eventually need to be recalled unless the company can prove they are safe. This is the first public accounting […]