NHTSA to Impose Data Recorders Next Month
24 May 2011, 05:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly, as a more or less direct consequence of the massive Toyota recall of 2010, the need for data recorders in vehicles has become so stringent that the US government already announced its intent...
Group Challenges NASA's Unintended Acceleration Report
24 May 2011, 05:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you haven't gotten tired already of the debate surrounding the now historic Toyota unintended acceleration issues of last year, then here's, once again, a little something to get your b...
NHTSA Revises DOT Motorcycle Helmet Regulations
17 May 2011, 07:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recently announced an update for the DOT regulations covering motorcycle helmets, as recent tests for new helmets have found that they ...
NHTSA Investigating 1 Million GM Cars
30 Apr 2011, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several complaints it received from customers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into a possible fault with gas gauges in nearly 1 million ...
Buick LaCrosse Gets 5 Star NHTSA Rating
26 Apr 2011, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Today American manufacturer GM added another vehicle to the lineup of cars that have earned the safety recognition from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after the 2011 Buick LaCro...
Keyless Ignition Likely to Be Standardized in the US
22 Apr 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In the wake of the massive Toyota recalls due to unintentional acceleration issues, a federal plan to require automakers to standardize keyless ignition systems looks likely. Keyless Ignition system...
2011 MV Agusta F4 Motorcycles Recalled
18 Apr 2011, 13:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It looks like Italian manufacturer MV Agusta is recalling 2010 F4 motorcycles due to issues with the rear subframe. According to the company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N...
NHTSA Investigates Ford SUVs
14 Apr 2011, 11:37 UTC · By: Cosmin Voicu / 1.5 million Ford SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicle) are still investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for transmission related issues. The investigation conducted by the...
NHTSA Investigating Toyota Corolla Over Airbag Failure
14 Apr 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / US regulators are now investigating a motorist reported that the airbags on his 2008 Toyota Corolla failed to deploy when the vehicle hit a deer at 55 mph. In an official statement made this week, t...
Scion tC Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
13 Apr 2011, 07:17 UTC · By: Cosmin Voicu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a five-star safety rating for the 2011 Scion tC. With the help of its 8 airbags, the car was capable of passing the government&rsqu...
GM Recalls 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Due to Steering Wheel Issue
11 Apr 2011, 08:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don’t know about you, but the thought of the steering wheel coming off while you are driving at speed sounds really scary to us. Unfortunately, such incidents really do happen, and we aren&...
Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Investigated by NHTSA for Steering Problems
8 Apr 2011, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary investigation into steering issues that could affect the Dodge Ram pickup truck. NHTSA says in a notice posted ...
Mercedes Announces Recall on Selected 2011MY E-Klasse Models
7 Apr 2011, 10:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / April is definitely not a good month for Mercedes Benz in the United States, as the carmaker has just announced it is conducting a voluntary recall campaign on certain 2011MY Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse ...
NHTSA Awards Lifesavers
31 Mar 2011, 18:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not often we see these days a government organization honoring the people that, because of the job they choose to do, are responsible for saving lives on an hourly basis. With the NHTSA, D...
Dorel Backs New Child Seats Guidelines
23 Mar 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the largest manufacturers of car seats for children in North America, Dorel Juvenile group joined this week the pack of other similar companies that have praised the National Highway Traff...
New Child Seat Guidelines from the NHTSA
22 Mar 2011, 06:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced this week a new set of rules, or guidelines, as it calls them, regarding child restraint in cars. The revision of the guidelines ...
NHTSA Could Look into Seat Heater Burns
15 Mar 2011, 09:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it will analyze its data to see how widespread the problem of burns from car seat heaters is, and whether heaters that can b...
Faces of Distracted Driving: Miss South Dakota
8 Mar 2011, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since the start of the anti-distracted driving campaign sometime last year, we've seen all types of manifestations of the push to rid the nation of what Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
NHTSA Drops Auto-Reverse on Power Windows
7 Mar 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in October 2009, an organization called KidsAndCars held a press conference through which it hoped would impress government authorities to react. The topic of that conference was the danger we ...
Nissan Continues Child Safety Efforts
5 Mar 2011, 19:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nissan's North American arm recently announced its planned participation in the Vehicle-CRS Fit Program, a future project introduced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA...