Honda Recalls Over 310,000 Pilots for Seatbelt Issue
10 Sep 2011, 15:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There’s a new Honda Pilot coming in 2012, but before that happens, the Japanese automaker will have to deal with a massive recall for the SUV models built between 2009 and 2011. The official a...
NHTSA Closes Ford F-150 Fuel Tank Strap Investigation
9 Sep 2011, 14:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Back in May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it upgraded its investigation into 2.7 million 1997-2001 F-150 pickups for fuel tank straps that could rusted and faile...
NHTSA Investigating BMW 7 Series Over Parking Issues
10 Aug 2011, 08:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It looks like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being kept busy these days investigating all sorts of safety issues. The latest info on the subject tells us the NHTSA is current...
NHTSA Investigating New Ford Mustang, VW Jetta TDI
8 Aug 2011, 07:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Every now and then we find out that National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is hard at work investigating complaints received from consumers, which may or may not result in recalls. T...
Nissan LEAF Earns 5-Star NHTSA Rating
26 Jul 2011, 05:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After scoring top ratings in IIHS and Euro NCAP tests, the Nissan LEAF is again at the center of attention in respects to the safety it provides. The Japanese electric car has just been awarded a fi...
US Truckers Call for Safety Standards
9 Jun 2011, 05:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the focus of the American automotive industry turned on passenger cars, trucks, truckers and everything related to them seem to have completely slipped the public attention. In an attempt to ma...
2012 Volvo S60 Recalled for Faulty Fuel Pump Software
7 Jun 2011, 15:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new 2012 Volvo S60 has not been available on the US market for that long, but it seems that it will be returning to dealerships shortly, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ann...
Chevy Volt Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
5 Jun 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM's car of the moment, and of the future, as it hopes, the Chevrolet Volt, managed to score yet another victory in the battle for the hearts and pockets of the EV-loving Americans by passing, ...
NHTSA Looking Into 220,000 Jeep Wranglers for Potential Airbag Issues
30 May 2011, 14:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is being kept busy these days, as not only has it has opened a preliminary investigation over Nissan Altima’s alleged braking issues,...
NHTSA Investigates 440,000 Nissan Altimas Over Faulty Brakes
30 May 2011, 14:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary investigation into braking issues that could affect the Nissan Altima. According to the notification posted on the...
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...