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...
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...
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...
31 May 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last week, the U.S. authorities introduced the “Click It or Ticket” safety belt use campaign across the U.S., with the belt usage enforcement project lasting until June 6. Now, Gene...
19 May 2010, 08:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Mercedes E-Klasse cars after it has received complaints about faulty airbags, Bloomberg informs. US regulators have lau...
19 May 2010, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Tuesday, Japanese carmaker Toyota came through on its commitment to pay the $16.4 million fine (the largest in history given to a carmaker) dictated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis...
13 May 2010, 07:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A wide variety of the vehicles coming from Ford Motor Company have smaller post-collision repair costs on average that the rest of the vehicles in their segments, as shown by an U.S. Government repo...
11 May 2010, 07:21 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota waited nearly a year in 2005 to recall trucks and SUVs in the US with faulty steering rods, despite issuing a similar recall in Japan and receiving dozens of reports from American motorists a...
7 May 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) recently stressed the importance of automotive safety and outlined future directions in the field. The AIAM showed both opportunit...
6 May 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As a result of Toyota's mishandling of the huge recall it was forced to do earlier this year, several US senators are now planning a bill which will toughen auto safety standards and give the N...
5 May 2010, 06:23 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan Motor Company announced a recall for almost 134,215 Infiniti G35 luxury sedans and coupes. The recall is related to faulty airbags that may not deploy during a crash, U.S. regulators said. ...
4 May 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Although automotive enthusiasts regard performance vehicles as true heroes of the road, these cars have their fair share of Achilles’ heel(s), with various issues standing in the way of road b...
3 May 2010, 14:52 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The sticky accelerator pedal problem seems to affect other automakers as well, not only Toyota. Chrysler Group accelerator pedals made by the same company that supplied Toyota Motor Corporation are ...
28 Apr 2010, 09:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / There's no such thing as bad publicity, right? Well, Toyota might not approve of that, considering the wave of bad news the Japanese company had to endure in the past few months. And now, once ...
20 Apr 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With basically no choice left but to accept the $16.4 million fine (the largest in history given to a carmaker), Japanese carmaker Toyota said it will pay the penalty for failing to recall 2.3 mill...
11 Apr 2010, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week US regulators announced they will fine Japanese carmaker Toyota $16.4 million for the way in handled the sticky pedal recall, the same regulators are now considering fining Toyota ag...
7 Apr 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you know by now, US regulators, commanded by US Secretary of Transportation ray LaHood and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have called for a $16.4 million fine to be ha...
6 Apr 2010, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The biggest fine handed to an automaker in the United States, the one NHTSA is poised to give Toyota, has not stirred much commotion in Toyota's home country, Japan. The country's official...
6 Apr 2010, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just after American manufacturer GM announced it will make available on all its models a brake override system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it has opened a p...
6 Apr 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a longer period of time than expected, it would seem US regulators decided to penalize Japanese manufacturer Toyota for its role in the massive recall which started last year and, according to...