Your car's air bag compartment might be missing something important: an air bag. A Weekend Edition investigation last week showed that some unscrupulous auto repair shops and dealers have victimized ...

Forensic Investigator Sal Fariello, whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by air bags over the past two decades. In his collection, there is a photo of a ...

Air bags are not pieces of equipment that are used every day, but if a victim is pinned underneath a heavy object, air bags are often the preferred option for freeing them. It is essential for members ...

Air bag lifting capacity is based on simple physics. The operating pressure of the bag, in pounds per square inch (PSI), is multiplied over the entire surface area of the bag to equal lifting force.

Air bags have been called one of the most important safety technologies ever developed. But there is growing concern among federal regulators and safety experts that, as they age, they could threaten ...

Is a knee air bag going to save your life? Probably not. But it could make a hospital stay shorter, or prevent an injury altogether. There is no dispute that air bags save lives and minimize injuries.

Ford Motor Co. is in the midst of a complex “recall of a recall,” reinspecting more than a quarter-million vehicles after the company discovered sloppy work and false billing by dealership technicians ...

Most vehicles you see on the road are either going to be rocking coil springs or good old-fashioned leaf springs. These suspension systems perform perfectly fine for most people in typical driving ...