NHTSA fined Honda a record $70 million for failing to report driver deaths, injuries and vehicle complaints to the government, regulators announced Thursday.
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Honda to expand investigative air bag recall globally
By Chang-Ran Kim and Maki Shiraki
Honda said it will expand an ‘investigative’ recall to replace potentially lethal Takata Corp air bag inflators across the globe, taking the total Takata-related recall tally of all brands to more than 19 million since 2008.
Honda adds 2.6M vehicles to air bag repair list
Honda plans to replace the replace driver’s air bag inflators on 2.6 million more vehicles as it expands repairs to the entire U.S.
Honda begins sales of new Grace Hybrid in Japan
Honda has begun sales of the all-new Grace hybrid sedan at dealerships across Japan. The Grace is equipped with Honda’s Sport Hybrid i-DCD one-motor hybrid system that enables the driver to start in EV mode and realizes fuel economy of 34.4 km/L (81 mpg US or 2.9 l/100 km) under the JC 08 mode—best among all hybrid sedan models in the Japanese market.
Honda recalled cars with Takata air bags in 2002: documents
By Paul Lienert
Honda recalled a small number of cars equipped with Takata Corp air bags in March 2002, two years before the first known injury that Honda and Takata have linked to a defective air bag inflator, Reuters has learned.
In its March 2002 recall notice, retrieved by Reuters during a search of U.S. safety databases, Honda told U.S. safety regulators that inflators in passenger air bags could rupture because of improper welds.
