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&...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...