Aston Martin DB9 and Rapide S Covered in Latest Round of NHTSA Recall Campaigns
4 Sep 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA has announced a number of new recalls, one of which includes a couple of Aston Martin nameplates. According to the federal agency, certain DB9 and Rapide S vehicles from the 2014 model yea...
Recall Alert: 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Yukon Affected
28 Aug 2014, 13:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Automakers that operate in the United States know that it's a violation of Federal law for a dealership to deliver a new vehicle or even a used tire if it poses potential risks to the one that ...
Suzuki Kizashi Recalled for Spider-Related Fuel System Problem
27 Aug 2014, 20:24 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It turns out that spiders aren’t just attracted to the Mazda6 these days. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued a recall for the 2010-13 Suzuki Kizashi due to spid...
2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Investigated by NHTSA for Brake Hose Failures
26 Aug 2014, 19:53 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation on the 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility due to almost a dozen vehicles being affected by a brake hose failure. NHTS...
NHTSA Announces Three New Safety Recalls, 120k Vehicles Affected
26 Aug 2014, 18:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pretty quiet since August 21st, when it announced a recall for 2014 and 2015 model year nameplates such as the Chrysler 200 and Jeep Chero...
Glitchy Power Modules Persuade Chrysler to Investigate the Problem
25 Aug 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The total integrated power module is one of the most important electronic devices fitted to any modern automobile. Like all devices, these things aren't without fault. After a few hundred owner...
Recall Alert: 2015 Chrysler 200, 2014 Jeep Cherokee, Ram 1500 Affected
23 Aug 2014, 02:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Chrysler recently recalled 89 units of the 200 mid-size sedan for an issue with the wiring harness and suggested us that it's "a story about a quality-check system that works," ...
NHTSA Launches VIN Search Engine to Help Drivers Identify Recalled Vehicles
20 Aug 2014, 12:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the beginning of August, General Motors has received a slap on the wrist from safety regulators because its Recall Center search engine showed inaccurate search results. As an alternative to the ...
GM Dealers Urged to Stop Offering Promotional Key Ring Tags
19 Aug 2014, 16:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember that recall GM announced back in June? If you don't, we'll remind you that the entire Chevrolet Camaro production run from the 2010 - 2014 model years has been recalled because th...
Ford Escape, Focus ST, Transit and Lincoln MKC Recalled in North America
18 Aug 2014, 17:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An estimated 160,000 units of the Focus ST pocket rocket and Escape compact CUV are called in by Ford over a problem that affects the wiring harnesses, ultimately translating in stalling. 2013 and 2...
GM Recalls 124k Vehicles Due to Bad Seat Weld
18 Aug 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / General Motors has announced a recall due to a faulty seat weld that could separate in the event of a crash. This latest recall affects all of four GM brands as well as a total of 124,007 vehicles, ...
Chrysler Establishes Vehicle Safety Office, Elects New Head of Product Development
12 Aug 2014, 17:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With the ever inflating trend toward better vehicle safety, the Chrysler Group informs about a few changes meant to make their nameplates more safe to drive than before. These changes are the establ...
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Received 135 Applications, 65 Death Claims
12 Aug 2014, 11:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The notorious ignition switch fiasco that started at the beginning of the year forced General Motors to come up with a special victim fund for those that suffered injuries or lost their lives in cra...
2015 Chrysler 200 Called In Over Faulty Wiring Harnesses
11 Aug 2014, 08:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The all-new Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan might go through 3,500 quality controls at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, but some of the vehicles produced up to this moment aren't without manufa...
GM Announces 5 Recalls Covering 269,000 Vehicles
10 Aug 2014, 14:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been awhile since General Motors has called in some cars, ain't it? Well not anymore. The carmaker informed recently that 269,000 older and newer nameplates are involved in separate c...
Hyundai to Pay $17.35 Million Over Delayed Reporting of Hyundai Genesis Brake Fault
8 Aug 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After a rigorous investigation conduced by the NHTSA, Hyundai has been fined $17.35 million, the maximum penalty for a related series of violations until October 1st, 2013, when the fine was increas...
140k Owners of Recalled GM Vehicles Can't Be Contacted by the Automaker
8 Aug 2014, 12:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As if the 30 million sub-standard vehicles weren't enough of a handful for General Motors, the company has recently told the NHTSA a very worrying thing: close to 140,000 owners of cars called ...
Mitsubishi Outlander Recalled Over Power Steering Problem
6 Aug 2014, 14:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Contrary to popular belief, cars engineered and manufactured in Japan aren't not as reliable as ignorants believe them to be. Try to remember the notorious Toyota sudden unintended acceleration...
GM Recall Center Website Found to Give Misleading Search Results
4 Aug 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: the GM Recall Center is not working properly. One might be lead to think that there may be an unindented fault in the system, bu...
Senator Proposes Life Sentence for Execs that Delay Auto Recalls Resulting in Deaths
4 Aug 2014, 14:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Claire McCaskill. Automotive bigwigs should tremble with fear when they hear this Senator's name 'cause she's the lady that recently introduced the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety En...