2011 BMW 5 Series Earns 5 Star NHTSA Rating
6 Oct 2010, 07:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has introduced its new, more stringent New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and has conducted the first test that follow the new rules. The new BMW 5 ...
MINI Under Investigation for Steering Issues
29 Sep 2010, 10:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The current year has already been one of the busiest for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), with more than enough problems in cars produced by most of the manufacturers in t...
NHTSA 2009 Distracted Driving Report Released
21 Sep 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week the US Department of Transportation (DoT), together with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the 2009 Motor Vehicles Crashes report, a new, yet simila...
US Road Fatalities, Lowest Since 1950
13 Sep 2010, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The US Department of Transportation (DoT) published last week the 2009 Motor Vehicles Crashes report, one which brings with it, if one can say that, encouraging numbers. Last year, the number of fa...
2011 Infiniti M Comes with Three NCAP Technologies
3 Sep 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), the all-new 2011 Infiniti M is among the first production vehicles to be offered with all three crash avoidance technologies recommended b...
NHTSA Investigating VW Jetta
31 Aug 2010, 16:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reportedly begun an investigation into the current generation Volkswagen Jetta, after receiving several complaints (about seven reports...
Labor Day Crackdown on Drunk Driving
27 Aug 2010, 06:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very disturbing study has been published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today, revealing that no less than 8 percent of the Americans who drive (an estimated 17 mill...
One Million Cherokees Investigated for Fire Risk
24 Aug 2010, 18:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A group of consumers asking for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to look into possible gas tank problems in an estimated 1 million Jeep Grand Cherokees got a piece of good...
Nissan Recalls 2010 Frontier Due to Faulty Child Seat Anchorages
18 Aug 2010, 06:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nissan is issuing a service campaign in the U.S., calling back 951 Frontier vehicles that have been manufactured from June 10, 2010 through June 26, 2010. According to the official notice posted on ...
NHTSA Investigating Kia Soul with Faulty Steering
17 Aug 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After so many complaints over Toyota's faulty brakes, every single report that pops out and tells us about some kind of glitch affecting a certain model deserves our full attention. The last st...
Drivers Mostly at Fault for Toyota Crashes
11 Aug 2010, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the investigation in what was the automotive industry's largest recall in history continues, more and more data points to the whole deal having been caused by driver error, rather than by a ...
Mercedes-Benz Recalls 3,500 G-Klasse Vehicles Due to Turn Signals Issue
11 Aug 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive industry seems to be following a new rule: new day, new recall. Whether they are severe or not, or involve an important or just a limited number of vehicles, call-back campaigns just ...
Volkswagen Passat Investigated for Fire Hazard
4 Aug 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Recalls have become a part of the automotive world’s everyday life, with auto producers form all parts of the world being affected by various types of issues. The latest news of this kind c...
NHTSA Debuts New 5 Star Rating Crash Test
29 Jul 2010, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today it is ready to begin crash testing of new models under the new, stricter conditions imposed by the revised 5 star rating sy...
Toyota Planted Drivers' Fault Story...
15 Jul 2010, 16:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or didn't they? If proved to be true, the following story might damage the Japanese manufacturer's image perhaps even more than the infamous “unintended acceleration” recall...
Dodge, Jeep, Ram Vehicles Recalled Due to Defective Brake Line
12 Jul 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Chrysler has issued yet another recall after the massive one announced back in June due to problems discovered in the Dodge Grand Caravan, Chrysler Town and Country, and Jeep W...
Ford Transit Connect Recalled for Head Protection
12 Jul 2010, 08:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The recall frenzy has reached American manufacturer Ford as well, with the Transit Connect vans being involved in the latest campaign. Specifically, we are talking about 33,728 model year 2010 Trans...
NHTSA Investigates BMW and Mazda For Power-Steering Issues
5 Jul 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems like the recall phenomenon continues to spread, with the latest companies potentially affected being BMW and Mazda - which are currently being investigated by the U.S. automotive safety reg...
2010 Suzuki Kizashi Recalled in the US
1 Jul 2010, 07:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese carmaker Suzuki yesterday announced a new recall concerning the 2010 Kizashi sedan, after discovering a glitch affecting the front doors of the car. The notification posted on the offic...
US: BMW Motorrad Recalls Over 15,000 Motorcycles
29 Jun 2010, 14:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Approximately a week ago, more or less, we were reporting that the motorcycle arm of German manufacturer BMW – namely BMW Motorrad – announced the recall of R-Series boxer-twin and K 120...