The first immobilisations of cars subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata and have not had their airbags replaced began on ...

SINGAPORE: A 57-year-old man who was in a chain collision along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) in 2022 died after a foreign metallic object from the steering wheel became lodged in his head after the ...

Learn the warning signs that could save your life from counterfeit safety equipment. When these counterfeit inflators deploy, they don’t cushion crash victims. Instead, they explode like a grenade, ...

In January, my husband purchased a Subaru Crosstrek. Since I am not a car person, I did not go along for the car-buying experience. So it was a few days before I got my first ride in the car, and we ...

Two recent accidents involving Chinese-made airbag inflators are drawing attention from U.S. safety regulators, who warn that fake airbag components are making their way into local repair shops and ...

Regulators at NHTSA probe faulty inflators as counterfeit airbags raise safety alarm after fatal crashes. Two recent fatal accidents have reignited federal warnings about counterfeit airbags that can ...

Did you know that some airbags could be more deadly than others? Fake airbags, that is. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told USA TODAY it's investigating five deaths over ...

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Inspired by the deadly Ahmedabad Air India crash, the project uses smart airbags. Two engineers have introduced an innovative safety system designed to make aeroplanes "crash-proof" using AI ...

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It's possible to drive a vehicle after airbags have deployed, but it's not advisable for several reasons. According to IIHS, frontal airbags for occupants not wearing a seatbelt will activate when ...