Honda Sales Fall Just Under 1 Percent As Acura Struggles
Honda says its March sales fell just under 1 percent, dragged down by sagging demand for its Acura luxury brand.
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Honda says its March sales fell just under 1 percent, dragged down by sagging demand for its Acura luxury brand.
General Motors and Honda took a big step Monday toward putting out vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, forming a joint venture to produce the systems for vehicles from both companies.
Honda must do more to track down owners of 300,000 cars with highly dangerous Takata air bag inflators and make sure that they are repaired, the nation's top auto safety regulator said Wednesday.
U.S. auto sales may be slowing, but they're still expected to set a record in the first six months of this year. Sales through June were expected to be up 2 percent over last year.
Eight automakers are recalling more than 12 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace Takata air bag inflators that can explode with too much force.
A local family has opened a lawsuit that includes not only Takata, but Honda and the Vandergriff dealership as well following an incident with an airbag.
Another problem with automotive air bags, this one resulting in recalls of up to 5 million vehicles. Continental Automotive Systems says moisture can get inside its control computers, causing the power supplies to corrode and fail.
CBS Money Watch released a report from CarMD on the brands of cars that go to the repair shop the least often and have the lowest repair costs.
Honda leads all automakers with nine models designated as having the highest risk from air bag inflators that can explode with too much force, spewing metal shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
Honda is recalling some Civic and Fit cars to fix a software problem that could cause the wheels to lock up.
Even though the current Honda Civic was called boring, the company still sold almost 326,000 of them last year. They expect the new version of the car to appeal to even more people.
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that air bags on some older Honda Accords may not inflate in a crash.
Honda is adding nearly 105,000 vehicles to its growing recall of air bag inflators that can explode with too much force. Dealers will replace the driver air bag inflators for free.
Honda is launching an unprecedented ad campaign in the U.S. starting next week, urging car owners to get vehicles that have been recalled for safety problems repaired.
The Japanese company has refused to comply with a U.S. government demand for an expanded recall of its air bags that can explode and shoot out shrapnel.
Under pressure from federal regulators, Honda is expanding a recall of driver's side air bags to all 50 states. The recall began this past June for high-humidity regions.
Honda admitted in statements issued on Monday that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.
The federal government is demanding that the auto industry recall millions of additional cars equipped with faulty air bags that can injure -- and even kill -- a driver.
Honda is quietly offering to replace potentially defective air bag inflators across the U.S., even though its latest recall for the problem only covers cars in Texas and 12 other high-humidity states and territories.
Honda is adding hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their previously announced recall for Takata passenger air bags that can explode with too much force.
Federal regulators are investigating whether Honda Motor Co. failed to report deaths and injuries that occurred in its vehicles.
A defect in the devices can possibly kill or injure the driver or passengers. Is your car on the list?
The inflator mechanisms in the air bags can rupture, causing metal fragments to fly out when the bags are deployed in crashes.
Twenty-four hours after a massive airbag recall, consumers are experiencing yet another road block in the process.
The U.S. government issued an urgent plea to more than 4.7 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a defect in the devices can possibly kill or injure the driver or passengers.
