Inhibiting Inflators: U.S. agency to watch unrecalled Takata inflators for safety risks
Toronto, Ontario — On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that it is monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata airbag inflators after recent incidents. Specifically, the NHTSA declared its continued investigation into Takata airbags after one exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver […]
Inflated Ego: BMW recalls 130,000 units across seven models in Canada for airbag inflator issues
Toronto, Ontario — Some poor airbag choices in the past are coming back to blow up in the face of BMW, as the German automaker has been forced to recall more than 130,000 vehicles from Canadian roads due to a substantial safety setback. With affected models dating as far back as 2000, BMW collision centres […]
Search and Rescue: Canadian auto recyclers commended for handling of Takata airbag recall
Toronto, Ontario — Canadian auto recyclers are working hard to pick up the pieces of the still ongoing Takata airbag recall that affected millions of vehicles worldwide. Rebuilders’ Automotive Supply (RAS) congratulated the nation’s recyclers in an email last Wednesday, saying “Keep up the good work! We Appreciate Our Canadian Customers!”, recognizing them for their […]
Inflator Inquisition: NHTSA launches new probe to root out remaining Takata airbags
Toronto, Ontario — Like a kid with a stick and a dead squirrel, the NHTSA is launching a new probe to root out the remaining Takata airbags still rolling down U.S. roads. The new probe, launched on Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is to involve an engineering analysis on more than 30 […]
Assets in Airbags: Lacero Solutions turns airbags to recyclable materials
Toronto, Ontario — When the Takata airbag crisis first gripped the globe in 2018, Keshav Kochhar and his team saw an opportunity and took to the drawing board to create an innovative solution for safely destroying and recycling end-of-life and defective/recalled airbags. Since then, their company Lacero Solutions has received and deployed 275,000 airbags and […]
Honda Canada calls on auto recyclers to seek out undeployed airbags
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — August 23, 2016 — Honda Canada is on a mission to recover undeployed Takata airbags from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). Defective airbags manufactured by Takata have resulted in the largest automotive recall in history. Most of the major vehicle manufacturers have had to issue recalls for at least some models. […]
