Lawyers

• Honda's Case Closed; Marketing Resumes and Targets 1.07 million vehicles in China

  The U.S. government has ended its investigation against Honda Motor Co. Ltd.'s failure to report death and injury claims. This is because the Japanese auto maker company has succeeded on submitting all the required documents to close the case. The company now targets to sell 1.07 million vehicles to China.

• Automakers Urges Customers to respond to Recall Notice Following Takata Air Bag Death in Texas

  Faizan Hanif, the borther of the teenager who died on a defective Takata-air bag says, his family did not received a notice to recall the car from automakers. His sister, Huma Hanif died after her front airbag to deploy and a metal airbag inflator cut her artery.

• Class lawsuit says Honda’s soy-based coatings attract rodents, charges company with breach of warranty

  Three Honda car owners are suing the carmaker, claiming that the soy-based electrical coatings in their Hondas attract rodents that chew through it, and Honda refuses to cover the repairs.

• U.S. fines Takata, bans volatile chemical in its air bags

  The top U.S. auto safety regulator on Tuesday imposed a relatively modest $70-million fine on air-bag supplier Takata Corp (7312.T) and ordered it to stop making inflators that use ammonium nitrate.

• Honda to pay $70 million for failure to report deaths, injuries

  Honda Motor Co (7267.T) has agreed to pay $70 million to the U.S. government in penalties for failing to report hundreds of injuries, deaths and other consumer claims involving its cars, transportation officials said on Thursday.

• Honda admits under-reporting serious U.S. accidents since 2003

  Honda Motor Co (7267.T) failed to notify U.S. safety regulators of 1,729 claims of injuries and deaths related to accidents in its vehicles since 2003, the automaker acknowledged on Monday.

• Takata executive warns about ability to fix deadly air bag flaw

  An executive from Japan's Takata Corp (7312.T) told U.S. senators on Thursday that the supplier is urgently trying to ramp up replacement parts for millions of vehicles equipped with potentially deadly air bags, but said it may not be able to move quickly enough.

• As U.S. hearings loom, Takata faces long slog in air bag crisis

  Takata Corp (7312.T) faces a long battle to gauge the fallout from a fast-moving air bag crisis as recalls mount up, adding to the costs for the loss-making Japanese auto parts maker.

• Ford: Mustang driver injured by air bag fragment in North Carolina crash

  Ford Motor Co F.N. said on Sunday night it was cooperating with U.S. safety regulators investigating a report the driver of a 2007 Ford Mustang was injured in August by a metal fragment from the car’s air bag.

• Malaysian air bag victim was in final week of pregnancy

  The death of a heavily pregnant Malaysian woman in a car crash on Borneo island in July opens a new front in a widening U.S. investigation into defective air bags that has triggered one of the biggest safety recalls in automotive history.

• Honda ordered to give Takata air bag papers to U.S. agency

  U.S. safety regulators ordered Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) on Wednesday to provide documents and answer questions under oath about potentially defective air bags installed in millions of recalled U.S. vehicles.

• U.S. regulator expands warning over Takata air bags, more lawsuits filed

  The problems for Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp (7312.T) grew after U.S. safety regulators expanded a warning about faulty air bags to 6.1 million vehicles in the United States while two more lawsuits have been filed over accidents in older Honda cars.

• More lawsuits filed against Honda, Takata over air bags

  The recall crisis involving Takata-made air bags exploding with too much force and spraying vehicle occupants with metal shrapnel is growing, with two more lawsuits filed over accidents in older Honda cars.