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 ...

DETROIT - The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflaters by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and ...

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 ...

What it is: A portable tire inflater that can either operate from its rechargeable lithium-ion battery or from the 11-foot cord with a cigarette-lighter connection. The device is compact enough (12 ...

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 ...

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 — ...