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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...

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...