Honda Starts Audit of U.S. Injury-and-Death Reporting |
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The safety agency is supposed to analyze Early Warning Reports to spot trends suggestive of safety defects as soon as possible.
“We believe this practice accounts for the vast majority of the difference between the total number of injury-and-death claims reported by Honda compared to certain other manufacturers.”Senators’ LetterDemocratic U.S.
Noting the allegations by the Center for Auto Safety against Honda, Markey and Blumenthal asked NHTSA for additional information about how the agency ensures compliance with reporting requirements.
The Center for Auto Safety said Honda’s failure to share the information hampered the U.S. government’s oversight and efforts to spot auto-defect patterns.
Honda said it has provided NHTSA detailed information relating to all known ruptures of Takata air-bag inflators. |
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Honda falls as Takata recall dents earnings |
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Honda Motor shares fell almost 5 percent Friday after the automaker posted a surprise fourth-quarter loss of $860 million driven by costs related to recalls of Takata Corp.-made air bags.
These malfunctioning air bags are responsible for at least 11 deaths worldwide.
Honda is Takata's biggest customer.
Honda said it would recall 21 million more vehicles, on top of the 30 million already recalled, to replace defective air bags made by Japan's Takata Corp.Takata's air bag inflators can explode with too much force, spewing shrapnel inside the vehicle. |
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Honda Fined for Violations of Safety Law |
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2015-01-09 00:00:00 |
It was intended to give the safety agency better access to accident data and more leverage over the industry.
And in October, the agency fined Ferrari $3.5 million for failing to submit Early Warning reports on fatal accidents.
Honda, the agency said, broke the law in two ways, each earning the maximum fine of $35 million.
“Good intentions don’t help the automaker,” he said, adding that the safety agency has asked all automakers to audit their Early Warning reports for compliance.
In a sharp escalation of penalties against automakers that skirt safety laws, the nation’s top auto safety agency has fined Honda Motor a record $70 million for grossly underreporting fatal accidents and injuries to the government, regulators said on Thursday. |
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Honda fined record $70 million in safety investigation |
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2015-01-08 00:00:00 |
Federal Safety regulators fined Honda Motor Co. $70 million – the maximum allowed – for failing to report deaths and injuries involving its vehicles in a timely matter.
The increased attention on auto safety contributed to the record recall of 60 million vehicles in the U.S. last year, about double the previous record set in 2004.
They are linked to multiple deaths and are responsible for recalls of more than 20 million vehicles globally.
“We cannot tolerate an automaker failing to report to us any safety issues,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday.
“$70 million is too small a price to pay,” said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. |
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U.S. Fines Honda $70 Million for Failing to Report Safety Issues |
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration slapped Honda Motor Co. with $70 million in fines for failing to report potential safety problems in vehicles for more than a decade, the highest penalties levied against an auto maker by the agency.
The U.S. auto regulator said Honda didn’t submit early warning reports detailing 1,729 death and injury claims for 11 years through 2014.
Honda also neglected to report required warranty... |
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Takata, Honda sued over death linked to faulty air bag |
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2014-11-17 21:15:21+00 |
Tran’s death is the most recent of four in the U.S. known to be linked to Takata air bags in Honda vehicles.
Tran died on Oct. 2, three days after her 2001 Honda Accord hit another car and the air bag exploded, the suit said.
Takata air bags are the target of a U.S. safety investigation that started earlier this year over the risk that they could explode during an accident, spraying metal shards.
Between 2009 and 2014, at least eight serious injuries were linked to the air bags, the suit said.
An airbag logo is seen on a dashboard of a Honda Motor Co's car displayed at the company's showroom in Tokyo october 27, 2014. |
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Nissan, Honda, Toyota sales down despite gains for crossovers, SUVs |
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2016-11-01 00:00:00 |
Toyota sales slid 8.7% to 186,295, Nissan sales declined 2.2% to 113,520 vehicles and while Honda sales fell 4.2% to 126,161.
Sales of Toyota brand vehicles declined 9.1%, while Lexus luxury brand vehicles fell 6.2%.
Edmunds.com and Kelley Blue Book had projected overall Nissan Group sales declines of 2.6% and 1.8%, respectively, and Honda sales declines of 4.9% and 5.1%.
Toyota's car sales fell 17% for the month, while sales of crossovers, sport-utility vehicles and pickups were flat.
Sales of Honda's namesake brand slipped 2% to 113,292, while its luxury Acura brand plunged 20% to 12,869. |
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Honda's record $70m fine for driving deaths draws shrugs from consumers |
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2015-01-12 00:00:00 |
While Honda can put the NHTSA fine in the rearview mirror, plenty of trouble may still loom down the road.
The government may punish a car company, but customers don’t necessarily follow suit.
A dozen auto makers have recalled about 18m cars with Takata airbags; Honda is the most effected, having recalled 5.7m.
The $70m fine “is just the opening act of what Honda is going to face”, said Jason Vines, a crisis management expert who spent two decades in the auto industry.
But at Honda dealerships around the country, the record levy barely seems to be causing a ripple. |
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Honda Fined Record $70 Million for Underreporting Injuries |
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2015-01-08 00:00:00 |
Honda said in October it had asked for a third-party audit of potential inaccuracies in its reports to NHTSA.
Injury ClaimsThe number of injury-claim omissions Honda admitted to exceeded the 1,144 reports Honda filed over the 11-year period and in some cases involved the company not sharing with NHTSA information from police reports.
Legislation drafted by the Transportation Department would raise the cap for a single set of violations to $300 million.
Honda has said it has provided NHTSA detailed information relating to all known ruptures of Takata air-bag inflators.
Honda Motor Co. agreed to pay a record $70 million in fines and submit to stricter oversight for failing to tell the U.S. government about warranty claims and more than 1,700 injuries and deaths linked to potential defects in its cars. |
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