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Automakers are putting the owner’s manual online and onscreen, knowing today’s drivers are unlikely to read the print version.

The automaker said the airbags had not been supplied by Takata, though the defect described is similar to one that led to the Takata recalls.

The carmaker agreed on Tuesday to pay up to $14.7 billion to settle claims in the United States, but the final financial toll may well be far higher.

The company’s proposed deal includes an offer to buy back or fix faulty diesels — and either way, additional cash compensation of up to $10,000.

For the 600 American Volkswagen dealerships, the company plans in some cases to pay them only a fraction of the prescandal value of the tainted vehicles.

The departure of Shigehisa Takada comes as the embattled car parts supplier deals with the fallout from the largest automotive recall in history.

The automaker, federal officials and lawyers for a half-million diesel owners have reached a deal meant to resolve a big piece of the emissions cheating scandal.

A woman was killed over the weekend after an accident in a Honda. The company said the car had been recalled, but had not been brought in for repairs.

A broad settlement that is expected to dwarf all previous deals is taking shape, but the Justice Department is still investigating criminal charges.

Setting aside concerns about global warming, consumers are unloading hybrid and electric vehicles in favor of bigger cars, pickups and S.U.V.s.