Ram Pickup Truck Recalled, 149,150 Older Examples Affected
4 Dec 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Chrysler Group recently announced it’s recalling heaps of pickup trucks. According to the American manufacturer, the voluntary call back covers 149,150, all of them located in the United S...
GM Announces 79th Recall Campaign This Year, 316,356 Vehicles Affected
3 Dec 2014, 14:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / St Nicholas Day and Christmas may be just around the corner, yet the General Motors recall saga hasn’t come to an end yet. The 79th call back campaign this year covers a lot of older-model SUV...
NHTSA Ends Investigation Into Hundreds of Thousands of Ford and GM Vehicles
26 Nov 2014, 10:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in July, the vehicle safety watchdogs from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced they’re probing the Ford Motor Company and GM. Why so? Apparently, 10 complaints ma...
Study: Recalls Don't Affect Only Cars, But Your Time As Well
23 Nov 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you've been watching the news lately, you might've heard how big a mess-up there is in the United States with all those faulty vehicles called back to dealership service departments for...
Ford Recalls 2014 - 2015 Fusion Over Sticking Ignition Key
18 Nov 2014, 17:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / I know what you’re thinking right now, but no, the Blue Oval’s latest recall is different in nature compared to the GM ignition switch saga. Furthermore, Ford is not aware of any vehicle...
Tesla Model S Crash Tested, Awarded 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
5 Nov 2014, 12:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The best safety rating of any car ever crash tested by the NHTSA has been recently mirrored by the 5-star rating the Euro NCAP gave the luxurious all-electric sedan. Not really a surprising result, ...
Porsche Recall Campaign - the Hood Latch is the Culprit This Time
4 Nov 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This year caught Porsche in a difficult spot in terms of reliability - first there was the 911 GT3 fire hazard, then the notorious Nine-A-Lemon, after which came the Macan’s brake booster call...
Takata Airbag Issue May Affect Cars Made Between 2008 and 2014
3 Nov 2014, 12:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the most recent update on the Takata airbag saga, the supplier told US safety officials that automobiles manufactured between 2008 to 2014 may also be affected by a new glitch. This time aroun...
NHTSA Temporarily Exempts Aston Martin From US Vehicle Safety Rules
1 Nov 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Due to their very old design, models such as the DB9 and Vantage aren't complying to the current regulations regarding side-impact safety. There was a lot of talking if Aston Martin would be ba...
Ferrari Fined $3.5 Million by the NHTSA
31 Oct 2014, 18:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Things aren't all rosy for the Italian automaker these days. Not only Ferrari was beaten by Maserati on third quarter operating profit, but a tenth of the most valuable brand of the FCA wi...
Chrysler Recalls Over 550,000 Trucks and SUVs in Two Separate Campaigns
29 Oct 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Ford announced only recently it's calling back approximately 205,000 crossovers due to premature rusting, Chrysler just beat that with two fell swoops. One of them affects a lot of Ram pi...
Ford Recalls Old Crossover Vehicles Over Rusty Fuel Tank
29 Oct 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Dearborn-based automaker just issued a new voluntary recall campaign. Blue Oval engineers found out through a thorough internal investigation that over 200,000 cars are prone to rust prematurely...
Imminent Recall: NHTSA Investigates Chrysler Over Two Broad Inquiries
28 Oct 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just two months are left until the end of the year but watchdogs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration aren't nearly done with their work. After the General Motors and Takata ve...
2015 Chrysler 200 Is a Very Safe Mid-Size Sedan According to the NHTSA
23 Oct 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The U.S. Department of Transportation's vehicle safety watchdog has recently awarded the all-new Chrysler 200 with a 5-star overall rating thanks to the protection this car offers in a crash si...
Takata Airbag Recall Update: Ford GT Supercar Affected Too
22 Oct 2014, 14:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA vehicle safety watchdog announced that the recent 4.7 million strong recall involving sub-standard Takata airbag inflators widened to 7.8 of them affected cars. This recall expansion adds ...
Takata Airbag Incident Fatally Injures a Woman
22 Oct 2014, 11:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Takata airbag saga started in April 2013, many safety experts and automotive publications expected things to turn from worse to worst. Just like the killer GM ignition switches, a recent re...
Takata Airbag Recall: 4.7 Million Cars Covered in the Latest Campaign
21 Oct 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Toyota's recent supplemental safety recall of approximately 247,000 cars equipped with defective Takata Corporation airbags? As it happens, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...
52 Million Vehicles Recalled in the US Year-to-Date, That's One in Every Five Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / All things considered, 2014 was the worst year in terms of vehicle recalls, especially in the U. S. of A. The previous yearly record was stood at 30.8 million cars back in 2004. However, 2014 saw th...
2015 Ford Mustang Recalled Over Safety Belt Issue
17 Oct 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang started just a few weeks ago, the Blue Oval recently announced the first ever recall of the sixth-gen pony car. Thankfully, only 53 examples of the br...
Alternator Failure, Electrical Glitch Lead to Chrysler Recalling Almost 900,000 Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 08:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the NHTSA watchdogs: roughly 900,000 cars manufactured by the Chrysler Group are being recalled in two separate campaigns for problems that may lead to vehicle fire. So what are th...