ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL --- Someone reportedly burglarized more than 50 unlocked vehicles and stole about $150,000 worth of airbags Oct. 11 from Copart Salvage, according to a St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office report.
Read More →FRANKFURT, GERMANY – BMW will recall around 150,000 vehicles in North America to fix a possible defect that may keep the front passenger airbag from opening in a crash.
Read More →LIVONIA, MI – Thirty of the 2008-MY vehicles that have earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) five-star rating in side-impact crash tests feature TRW's side or curtain airbags.
Read More →LIVONIA, Mich. --- Units of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. are suing Japan's Takata Corp., alleging the infringement of six patents for vehicle air bags. TRW is a major manufacturer of auto safety equipment.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that Ford will recall 470,000 Mustangs from the 2005-2008 model years in order to recalibrate how forcefully the front-passenger air bags deploy.
Read More →Three years ago, the average vehicle had two airbags. Today, vehicles can be equipped with as many as six airbags. Replacing a supplemental restraint airbag system can cost $2,000 to $8,000, depending on accident severity.
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Read More →Driver-side air bags will now be standard equipment on six Chrysler Motors car lines. The air bags are designed to inflate within 1/20th of a second after the crash sensors detect sufficient deceleration to require deployment.
Read More →What if...corporate management provided a real incentive for drivers to use their belts - maybe by honoring them? What if...the insurance companies gave premium credits for companies that monitored and achieved high seat-belt usage?
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