Stories about: NHTSA

Jeep Grand Cherokee, Liberty to Cost $151M, Conclude by Early 2015

18 Jul 2014, 01:37 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave Chrysler until July 16 to explain why it’s been so slow to produce the parts to recall for the 1993-98 Grand Cheroke...

Delphi Blames GM for Faulty Ignition Switches

17 Jul 2014, 16:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little while back, we reported that the U.S. Senate Commerce Comitee's panel of investigators has summoned Rodney O'Neal, the chief executive officer of Delphi, on Capitol Hill's ho...

GM Lied to Federal Authorities About Ignition-Related Fatal Accidents

17 Jul 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Another day, another ignition switch headline to make you get cold feet about driving a vehicle designed and assembled by GM. That's seems to be the norm these days and a new analysis further d...

Hiding Safety Defects May Get Auto Execs Prison Time

16 Jul 2014, 20:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bob Casey are cooking quite the recipe for misbehaving higher-ups in the auto industry. These two are reportedly working on a bill that would punish bigwigs with...

GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay

14 Jul 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Several federal prosecuters have joined forces and are currently doing their homework in order to charge General Motors with fraud over the notorious defective ignition switch recall. Evidence of mi...

Ford Crown Victoria Investigated Over Steering Problem

13 Jul 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA is hard at work nowadays, the most recent preliminary evaluation looking into a potential issue with the Ford Crown Victoria. The Office of Defects Investigation has received 5 complaints ...

Stolen Tesla Model S Driver Allegedly Dies After High-Speed Crash

11 Jul 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you were sitting at home watching TV on the 4th of July, then you might have heard that a stolen Tesla Model S kicked off a high-speed police pursuit that ultimately ended with a fiery crash that...

Chrysler Recalling 895k SUVs Over Electrical Defect

11 Jul 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chrysler just announced that an estimated 895k SUVs are being called back over a pretty atypical fault. It's not about ignition switches, Takata airbags, a glitchy power steering control module...

GM Replacement Ignition Switches Recalled Over Faulty Tab

10 Jul 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / What the hell is going on over at General Motors? First the manufacturer announced on February 7th that a defect relating to 619,122 cars was identified, but that figure hiked to 25.7 million vehicl...

2014 U.S. Recall Tally Up to 37.5 Million Vehicles After Six Months

9 Jul 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Data available on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website shows that the population of recalled vehicles in the United States has reached 37.5 million. That's almost 7...

Delphi CEO to Join Mary Barra on Capitol Hill's Hot Seat

9 Jul 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You might have heard of Delphi Automotive PLC before on the news. It's the automotive parts manufacturing company headquartered in the United Kingdom that became involved in an ongoing lawsuit ...

Hyundai Elantra Touring Called Back Over Airbag Issue

8 Jul 2014, 08:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As of lately, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seems to be hard at work cracking down safety and non-compliance defects on every model and marque available for purchase in the Unit...

Subaru Recalls 660k Cars Over Brake Line Rust Issue

3 Jul 2014, 17:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Subaru is recalling an estimated 660,238 U.S. vehicles over brake lines prone to fail due to premature corrosion. All affected cars are located in 20 U.S. states that use salt to melt ice on the roa...

NHTSA Back On Chrysler for Slow Response to Jeep Recall Fix [Update]

3 Jul 2014, 03:10 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Chrysler made headlines last year when it refused to recall the 1993 to 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the 2002 to 2007 Jeep Liberty at the request of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio...

Graco Child Seats Recall Tally Edges to 6.1 Million

2 Jul 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged Graco to recall the first 3.8 million toddler and booster seats back in February, that figure hiked to 6.1 million after further invest...

Dodge Ram 1500 Investigated Over Drivetrain Failure

30 Jun 2014, 18:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - following multiple complaints from frustrated owners, the agency started investigating the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck ove...

Each GM Ignition Switch Death to Be Compensated With At Least $1 Million

30 Jun 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The compensation expert hired by General Motors to come up with the compensation plan for the 13 people that died in crashes linked to the infamous defective ignition switch fiasco declared that the...

GM VP Aware Of Ignition Switch Fiasco Since 2005

30 Jun 2014, 08:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Earlier in June, Mary Barra vowed in front of House and Senate members that GM will get its act together, with the main focus of the moment being to fix the "deep underlying cultural problems&q...

Chinese Supplier Blamed by GM Over Ignition Switch Fiasco

25 Jun 2014, 19:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Well, well, well. What do we have here then? Moments ago we’ve found out that General Motors accused one of its suppliers as the prime cause for the millions of vehicles fitted with sub-standa...

Ford Explorer Investigated Over Exhaust Leak

23 Jun 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After multiple owners complained about very strong gasoline smell inside the cabin, the National Safety Highway Administration started an investigation to find out the exact cause of the latest prob...