U.S. Safety Regulators Probe Honda, Nissan Vehicles for Steering Issues

U.S. safety regulators have opened separate investigations into potential steering issues in an estimated 374,000 Honda Accord sedans and an estimated 17,000 Infiniti EX35 compact crossover vehicles, reported Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary evaluation into the failure of electric power steering in certain 2013 Accords made by Honda ... Read More »

Honda Heightens U.S. Response to Problems With Takata Air Bags

Honda Motor Co. said on Thursday that it is expanding its U.S. response to potentially explosive air bags made by Takata Corp. , adding a small number of vehicles in certain hot and humid regions and upgrading its previous action to an official recall, reported The WSJ. Honda’s move comes after rivals Toyota Motor Co. ... Read More »

NHTSA Urges Owners of 4.7 Million GM and Foreign Cars to get Defective Airbags Fixed

DETROIT, MI – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging owners of some 4.7 million General Motors, Honda, Mazda, BMW and Nissan cars to have defective airbags made by Japanese auto parts company Takata Corp. replaced immediately. The full list of affected vehicles is below, reported Michigan Live. NHTSA began a probe of the ... Read More »

Honda Starts Audit of U.S. Injury-and-Death Reporting

Honda Motor Co. asked a third party to determine whether the automaker underreported fatality and injury claims to the U.S. government, which is investigating air-bag failures with potentially deadly defects, reported Bloomberg. The third-party audit began in September and Honda will soon share its findings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Tokyo-based company ... Read More »

Honda Chides Rivals Using Fleet Sales, Subprime Lending

Honda Motor Co., losing share in the growing U.S. auto market, chided competitors for using low-margin fleet sales and over-reliance on subprime lending to boost sales, reported Bloomberg. Excluding rental and business-fleet sales, which Honda eschews, Accord topped Toyota Motor Corp.’s Camry, the U.S. passenger-car volume leader, with 181,939 deliveries in the first half, Honda ... Read More »

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