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LIVONIA, MI - TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., a major automotive supplier specializing in safety systems, recently unveiled its new "bag in roof" airbag system that replaces passenger airbags typically mounted in the instrument panel.
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SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Senate on May 19 passed a bill that would increase penalties against collision repair shops that include airbag repair and restoration work on an accepted written estimate but then never actually perform the service. If passed, the legislation would make such a deceptive practice a misdemeanor punishable by a $5,000 fine, one year in county jail, or both.
Read More →ANNAPOLIS, MD - Maryland legislators are considering a bill (SB 48) that would prohibit the installation of a salvaged air bag in a motor vehicle. The bill would also require collision repairers to maintain certain records in connection with the sale or installation of a vehicle air bag.
Read More →ANN ARBOR, MI - Over the past five years, road fatalities in the United States have fallen 22 percent, primarily because of the poor economy and the increased prevalence of air bags, according to University of Michigan researchers.
Read More →WASHINGTON - ALPS Electric Co. has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that more than 12,700 airbag clock springs the company manufactured and sold to Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover as original equipment is defective, the agency reported. As a result, Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover will notify affected vehicle owners, and dealers will provide the necessary repairs free of charge.
Read More →WASHINGTON - General Motors Corp. is recalling nearly 96,000 MY 2005-2007 Cadillac CTS vehicles because of a potential airbag problem.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI - Ford safety engineers in the U.S. and Germany crash tested the new 2012 Ford Focus more than 12,000 times in real and virtual worlds to prove out new technologies designed to protect occupants in crashes, Ford Motor Co. said.
Read More →DETROIT - The 2011 GMC Acadia has received a five-star crash test rating in the federal government's New Car Assessment Program.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a California bill (SB 427) that supporters argued would help prevent airbag fraud.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI - The all-new 2012 Ford Focus will introduce new airbag technologies that enhance protection for front seat occupants in the most common frontal and side crashes, Ford Motor Co. said.
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