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...
2011 Kia Optima Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
3 Mar 2011, 14:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After receiving the “Top Safety Pick” rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the 2011 Kia Optima continues to scoop similar recognitions. Most recently, the midsi...
Rear Camera Adoption in 2014
1 Mar 2011, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push to increase the safety of Americans on the roads would have called for the fast adoption of rear-view cameras in vehicles, to help prevent accidents. Initially planned for introduction in 2...
Ford F-150 to Be Recalled for Airbag Issues
23 Feb 2011, 11:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the request of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), American manufacturer Ford readies to recall 144,000 F-150 trucks due to an issue in which the driver’s airbag may...
NHTSA Opens Probe into Toyota Highlander Hybrids
21 Feb 2011, 14:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Yes, this is another investigation that concerns Toyota, but this time it’s not about malfunctioning gas pedals! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) posted on its websi...
NASA Finds No Problem with Toyota, Auto Maker Happy
10 Feb 2011, 06:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Something went terribly wrong last year, when Toyota was forced to conduct the biggest recall the world has ever seen, but that something was not (we say again, was not) the electronic throttle cont...
Suzuki Recalling Grand Vitara and SX4
7 Feb 2011, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Suzuki’s US arm announced that it is recalling certain Grand Vitara and SX4 models due to a tension adjuster pulley that can cause a multitude of problems, many of which can seriously increase...
2011 Honda Odyssey Earns NHTSA Five Star Vehicle Score
28 Jan 2011, 06:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The American division of Honda today announced that the 2011 Odyssey has earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) best-possible Overall Vehicle Score of five...
2011 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger Named IIHS Top Safety Picks
28 Jan 2011, 06:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chrysler announced that two of its new vehicles, the 2011 Chrysler 300 and the 2011 Dodge Charger, have earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick title. Both c...
IIHS Takes On the NHTSA
24 Jan 2011, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is bored. Few tests are being conducted right now, because most cars have either proven their worth, or failed already. At the same time, 2011 is to be a poor...
Triple Recall Affects Over 144,000 Dodge Journey and Ram Vehicles
3 Jan 2011, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chrysler Group is recalling certain Dodge Journey crossovers and Ram trucks because of three different issues related to defective steering wheel systems, side-impact airbag sensors and noisy rear a...
Toyota Recalled, Industry Changed
29 Dec 2010, 14:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2010 will go down in history as the year when more than one car maker conducted at least a major recall. With Toyota leading the pack of manufacturers asking for their cars to be brought back for re...
US Investigates GM's Saturn Ion for Steering Issue
28 Dec 2010, 08:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although it's no longer an active company, Saturn is periodically brought in the spotlights due to a number of complaints regarding certain parts of the car. Today it's the turn of the Ion...
2011 Chevrolet Cruze Receives Five-Star NHTSA Rating
27 Dec 2010, 07:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet Cruze has recently been awarded with a five-start overall safety score by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), thus becoming one of the first vehicles in its class t...
Toyota Settles with the NHTSA, to Pay $32.4M
21 Dec 2010, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a year that could surely be recorded in the history books as the recall year for Toyota, the Japanese manufacturer announced today it had settled some of its older and newer recall cases, followi...
2011 Honda Civic Earns Three-Star NHTSA Rating
15 Dec 2010, 15:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although it was often considered one of the safest vehicles in its class, the 2011 Honda Civic failed to impress in the last safety tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrat...
Ford Models to Have Rear View Camera by 2012
4 Dec 2010, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In response to the recent rear view camera for vehicles plan, rolled out by the US Department of Transportation (DoT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), American manufac...
NHTSA Wants to Make Backup Cameras Mandatory
3 Dec 2010, 16:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing new rules and regulations to mandate back-up cameras in all passenger cars, trucks, minivans and buses with a gross vehicle weight rat...