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...
Kia Recalls 2014 Cadenza Over Fragile Alloy Wheels
19 Jun 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Over 3,100 units of the Kia Cadenza from the 2014 model year are called back for the most peculiar of reasons: 19-inch non-chrome aluminum wheels may fracture if the driver runs over large asphaltic...
Mazda Tribute Recalled Over Steering Problem
19 Jun 2014, 15:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been only two months since Mazda called back 109,000 Tribute SUVs fitted with control arms prone to crack or even break. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just ann...
Mary Barra Vowed GM Will Get Its Act Together, Recall Tally Surpasses 20 Million Vehicles
18 Jun 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The General Motors CEO declared today in front of Congress members that she "will not rest" until safety and non-compliance issues affecting millions of GM vehicles will be fixed. Barra un...
GM to Drill Holes Into the Keys of 3.4 Million Vehicles
17 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yup, you heard that right. General Motors' latest recall involves over 3 million cars which will have their keys reworked… with an electric drill! The fix involves adding a plastic inser...
NHTSA's Investigation on Takata Faulty Airbags Expanding to More Automakers
14 Jun 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Last year, Takata, which is one of the world's biggest safety equipment supplier, discovered that a huge batch of its airbags could deploy incorrectly. And so, the biggest recall over airbag is...
NHTSA Prepares Drastic Tire Aging Regulation
12 Jun 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The agency charged with regulating auto industry and transportation safety standards in the United States is preparing a tire aging regulation. This breaking piece of news has been released by Abby ...
NHTSA Halts $7k Daily Fines Against General Motors
11 Jun 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors doesn't have to pay anymore daily fines after the Detroit manufacturer successfully addressed the agency's recall inquiries. For the reason of failing to meet the April 3rd ...
10k Jeep Vehicles Recalled Over Cruise Control Software Glitch
7 Jun 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After we informed you just the other day that rougly 21,000 Ram ProMaster full-size vans are recalled over an electrical corrosion issue, the Chrysler Group returns with a new call back operation co...
Jeep's 2012 Airbag Recall Investigated By U.S. Safety Regulators
2 Jun 2014, 15:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation regarding the Chrysler Group's 2012 recall involving 919,545 Jeep SUVs fitted with defective airbags. Ev...
Car Accidents Cost the U.S. $871 Billion Per Year, Study Shows
1 Jun 2014, 18:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This estimate comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's latest report, accounting for the economic loss and societal harm over vehicle accidents from 2010. Simply put, dri...
Ford Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles In Four Separate Campaigns
30 May 2014, 08:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles In Four Separate Campaigns Ford Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles In Four Separate Campaigns
Faulty GM Ignition Switches Killed Over 13 People, NHTSA Reckons
29 May 2014, 08:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most American drivers know by now what the GM recall fiasco boils down to - very unsafe cars. Even though the Detroit manufacturer reckons 13 people have been killed in accidents connected to the de...
NHTSA Probes 2013, 2014 Nissan Sentra, Versa Over Brake Issue
28 May 2014, 13:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though General Motors is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's number one "customer", other carmakers have their fair share of recalls waiting to happen. This time...
Prepare to Buckle Up Whether You Like It or Not
26 May 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors' new 'Belt Assurance System' safety feature will practically enforce fastening your seat belts before driving off by not allowing shifting from 'park' to ...
US Congress to Lift $35 Million Auto Safety Violation Penalty
25 May 2014, 12:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We imagine that every driver affected one way or another by the GM recall saga blames auto safety regulators for not imposing larger fines to deter manufacturers from doing very stupid things with p...
Dodge Recalls Ram 2500, 3500 For Clutch Interlock Fault
24 May 2014, 03:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation on a number of 2004 to 2006 model year Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks due to a clutch interlock switch failure...
NHTSA Encourages Drivers to Buckle Up With New Safety Campaign
20 May 2014, 09:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though American motorists buckle up more than ever before, 2013 saw the first increase in fatalities in five years for unrestrained passenger vehicle occupants. Despite state level education...
General Motors Fined $35 Million Over Recall Delay
18 May 2014, 18:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At long last, the big wigs from General Motors got off their high horses and consented to pay for delayed reporting of the deadly ignition switches fitted to millions of the company's vehicles....