A flat tire can ruin the joy and fun of your journey, especially if it happens in the middle of the road with no gas station in sight. Well, the frustration is obvious, but many car owners still leave ...

For nearly two decades, Takata has struggled to tame an inexpensive but unstable compound thought to play a central role in air-bag ruptures that are linked to at least five deaths and dozens of ...

Federal auto safety regulators are ramping up efforts to recall roughly 52 million air-bag inflaters over the risk that they could explode and eject metal debris into a car’s interior, creating an ...

Researchers hired by a coalition of automakers found that moisture — seeping from the environment into the inflater and not dried by a chemical — is the reason why Takata air bags rupture and spray ...

In the late 1990s, General Motors got an unexpected and enticing offer. A little-known Japanese supplier, Takata, had designed a much cheaper automotive air bag. GM turned to its air-bag supplier — ...