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...
Nearly 20 Percent of US Fatalities Caused by Drug Involvement
1 Dec 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Determining the cause of an accident is a very important process for authorities from all over the world, especially because this is the easiest way to find a solution against it. The United States ...
2017 Fuel Efficiency Standards Still Unclear
1 Dec 2010, 06:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The wave of new fuel efficiency regulations which has hit the US automotive market this year will not be the last, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US government...
Auto Safety Overhaul Baked by the NHTSA
1 Dec 2010, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) administrator David Strickland expressed his support today for the intended review and modification of the nation's auto safety leg...
3,000 Land Rover LR2 Freelanders Recalled in the US
27 Nov 2010, 15:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems there are a lot of recalls taking place all over the world these days, as companies and government organizations are taking the safety of drivers their passengers a lot more seriously. This...
Jaguar Recalling 6,475 XJs
25 Nov 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When driving luxury British sedan with soft suspension listening to Bach on the sound system, nothing could ruin your day right? Especially not something as small and insignificant as, say... rain. ...
NHTSA to Investigate Rental Cars Recall
23 Nov 2010, 15:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into how quickly rental car companies take vehicles scheduled for recall to be repaired. The probe is targeting...
2011 Buick Enclave, Five Stars Rating from the NHTSA
20 Nov 2010, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tested earlier this month with the first batch of SUVs tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the new testing system, the Buick Enclave managed to pass the strict...
2011 GMC Acadia Gets Five Star Rating
20 Nov 2010, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new rating system, launched this fall, is proceeding with testing the vehicles intended for American roads under more strict criter...
Toyota Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuits of Unintended Acceleration
20 Nov 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota Motor Corp filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits that claim there are sudden acceleration defects in its cars. US District Judge James Selna will hear arguments today about whether he should ign...
Mass Adoption of In-Car Bluetooth by 2016
19 Nov 2010, 12:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are two elements conspiring to get the Bluetooth technology in about percent of all the vehicles in the US by 2016. Firstly, there's the increasing demand for the technology as it is need...
New NHTSA Test Results Released
12 Nov 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / With vehicle safety features improving on a yearly basis, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has updated its testing procedures, making it more difficult for vehicles to achieve five...
2011 Hyundai Sonata Gets Five Star NHTSA Rating
6 Oct 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aside from the BMW 5 Series, the highest government ranking under NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program has also been awarded to the 2011 Hyundai Sonata model. The latest Sonata has been subm...
NHTSA Announces New 5-Star Safety Rating System
6 Oct 2010, 07:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Complying with the safety requirements in the US got a bit harder for car manufacturers after yesterday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and US Transportation Secretary Ray...