Air bags are installed in cars to protect drivers and passengers — not endanger them by exploding and sending shrapnel flying. Yet there’s a risk of just that happening with some air bags, which is ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – An automobile manufacturer that makes cars under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram names issued a “do not drive” warning for over 200,000 vehicles Wednesday. According to an FCA ...

DETROIT—At least seven automakers are teaming up to find the cause of a problem with air bags used in their vehicles and how many cars to recall because of it. Inflators in certain air bags made by ...

DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. auto safety regulators fined Japan's Takata Corp. $70 million Tuesday for concealing evidence for years that its air bags are prone to explode with grisly consequences — a defect ...

A woman who died in a Los Angeles-area car crash last September is the eighth person killed by exploding air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan, U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. confirmed ...