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SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Senate and Assembly on Aug. 30 passed legislation that would impose higher penalties on collision repair dealers that fail to restore an airbag that deployed during a crash, Collision Week reported.
Read More →Here is a tip, taken from the California Driver Handbook, related to air bag safety. You may want to pass this along to your fleet drivers.
Read More →NASHVILLE, TN - Nissan will recall 134,215 Infiniti G35s to fix a problem with the wiring harness that could prevent the air bag deploying in the event of a crash.
Read More →DETROIT - Chrysler Group LLC is launching a safety campaign to address a possible problem with the effectiveness of minivan airbags in certain states, the Detroit News reported. The campaign affects 356,000 MY 2005-2006 Dodge Caravan, Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans globally.
Read More →TORRANCE, CA - Honda has expanded a previously announced recall of certain MY 2001 and 2002 vehicles to replace the driver's air bag inflator. This expansion adds 378,758 vehicles in the U.S. to the recall, including certain MY 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI --- Dr. Steve Rouhana, senior technical leader for passive safety in Ford Motor Co.'s research and advanced engineering and group leader for biomechanics and occupant protection, likes to joke that he works with a lot of dummies -- crash test dummies. But when it comes to protecting vehicle occupants -- particularly children -- this father of three boys takes his work seriously.
Read More →DETROIT - General Motors Co. said Sept. 4 it will not allow fleet purchasers to skip buying side airbags on 2010 models.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Toyota is recalling more than 1,300 MY 2010 Corolla vehicles because the air bag label installed on the driver's side sun visor can separate from the surface of the visor. If this occurs, the vehicle then doesn't comply with federal safety standards.
Read More →WASHINGTON - BMW is recalling every 2008 1-Series and 3-Series car to correct a defect that could cause an airbag failure.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- BMW of North America is recalling MY 2008 1-Series and 3-Series passenger cars because the wrong crimp connectors may have been used on the side air bag and belt tensioner wiring.
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