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Safety regulators probe airbag deployments in Honda Odyssey vans
Federal safety regulators have opened a probe, looking at whether airbags are deploying without warning in about 320,000 Honda Odyssey vans from the 2003 and 2004 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has received six...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Safety of Citizens, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics
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Toyota recalls 242,000 Prius, Lexus hybrids for brake problems
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has issued a voluntary recall of about 242,000 of its popular Prius hybrid sedan because of brake pressure parts that could crack and slow down stopping times. The recall includes a small number of the Lexus HS 250h...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Tesla, Passenger Cars, Prius, Lexus
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Chrysler defies request for Jeep fuel tank recall
For two decades, some Jeep SUV models have shown an alarming tendency to burst into flames after rear-end collisions. At least 51 people have died. On Tuesday, after a two-year investigation, federal safety regulators identified a likely cause —...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Motorvehicle Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Congress
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Honda to boost Acura brand, build new electric-augmented NSX in Ohio
Honda's overhaul of its luxury Acura brand will include a redesigned and electric-augmented NSX supercar, which will be built in a $70-million refurbished plant in Marysville, Ohio. Acura sales in the U.S. were up 14% in the first four months of the...
Tags: Acura, Kelley Blue Book LLC, BMW, General Motors Corp., Passenger Cars
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BMW joins automakers recall for air bags that could spray shrapnel
BMW is recalling 42,000 of its model year 2002 and 2003 3-series cars because of front-passenger-side air bags that may not inflate properly in a collision, the automaker said Monday. BMW is the latest to join a group of five other automakers that...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Kelley Blue Book LLC, BMW, General Motors Corp., Japan
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Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs
Toyota Motor Co. plans to build Lexus cars in the U.S. when it completes an expansion of the factory in Kentucky where it makes the Camry and Avalon sedans. Toyota said Friday it will shift production of the Lexus ES 350 from a factory in Kyushu, Japan,...
Tags: Media Industry, Akio Toyoda, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Economy, Business and Finance, Japan
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Shifter problem behind Honda recall of CR-V, Odyssey and Acura RDX
Honda Motor Co. will recall 204,500 CR-V crossovers, Odyssey minivans and Acura RDX crossovers to replace a safety component. During internal testing of the vehicles, Honda discovered that in subfreezing temperatures it could be possible to shift the...
Tags: Media Industry, Ford, Hybrid Vehicles, Toyota, Chrysler
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Huge recall for Honda, Toyota, more: Airbags can spray shrapnel
A faulty airbag part that can explode and send shrapnel into the passenger cabin is responsible for the global recall of more than 3 million cars manufactured by Honda, Nissan, Toyota and General Motors and will likely lead to more recalls. The...
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Experts expect summer gasoline prices as low as $3.84 in California
Experts are saying American drivers, including Californians, can expect some of the lowest summer gasoline prices they have seen in three years. Some are predicting a steady decline in California gasoline prices to as low as $3.84 a gallon by August....
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Air bag problem forces recall of millions of vehicles
Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. No injuries have been reported related to the problem....
Tags: North America, Lexus, Japan, Honda, Human Mishaps
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New Toyota FJ Cruiser recall due to headlights that may blind drivers
Toyota is issuing another recall of FJ Cruiser SUVs. This time, the automaker is recalling 11,489 of its model year 2007-2013 Cruisers because of a headlight problem that could blind oncoming drivers. In March, Toyota recalled 209,000 Cruisers because...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Hybrid Vehicles, Toyota, SUVs and Crossovers, Kelley Blue Book LLC
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Toyota overhauls management, gives more autonomy to North America
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. In a move to give more autonomy to the regions where Toyota Motor Corp. sells cars and bring a new generation of leadership to the company’s top management, the automaker...
Tags: Media Industry, Globalization, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Motors Corp., Economy, Business and Finance
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