Citroen C4 Cactus Crash Tested, Gets 4 Euro NCAP Stars
20 Oct 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Similar to what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does for the American motorist, Euro NCAP is a European car safety performance assessment programme that's sole target is to find out ...
52 Million Vehicles Recalled in the US Year-to-Date, That's One in Every Five Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / All things considered, 2014 was the worst year in terms of vehicle recalls, especially in the U. S. of A. The previous yearly record was stood at 30.8 million cars back in 2004. However, 2014 saw th...
2015 Ford Mustang Recalled Over Safety Belt Issue
17 Oct 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang started just a few weeks ago, the Blue Oval recently announced the first ever recall of the sixth-gen pony car. Thankfully, only 53 examples of the br...
Alternator Failure, Electrical Glitch Lead to Chrysler Recalling Almost 900,000 Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 08:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the NHTSA watchdogs: roughly 900,000 cars manufactured by the Chrysler Group are being recalled in two separate campaigns for problems that may lead to vehicle fire. So what are th...
Toyota Recalling Over 1.5 Million Cars - Brakes, Fuel System Issues
15 Oct 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In this year’s recalls race, Toyota is still in second place after General Motors, but it seems to slowly catch up as another massive recall has been announced, involving nearly 2 million cars...
Recall Alert: 291,703 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Vehicles Suffer From Faulty Ignition Switches
15 Oct 2014, 14:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the Chrysler Group began an investigation into wireless ignition node (WIN) module concerns, the American automaker notified the NHTSA it's recalling a whopping 291,703 vehicles over a fa...
2015 Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon Recalled
15 Oct 2014, 08:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although deliveries to dealers commenced just a month ago, General Motors' new mid-size pickup truck family was subjected to a stop-delivery order at the beginning of October over a wiring erro...
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Approves 27 Death Claims So Far
15 Oct 2014, 06:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So far this year, the automotive world has seen many new highs such as the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the Mercedes-AMG GT. But like all aspects of modern life, the good things are oftenly...
Chrysler Recalls 184,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs
14 Oct 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With less than 78 days to go until New Year's Eve, the recall fiasco affecting U.S.-based automakers adds another considerable call back operation to its tally. This latest campaign covers an e...
Chevrolet Spark Recalled in Europe: 223,000 Units Affected
14 Oct 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Right after the golden bowtie automaker informed it sold over 1 million examples of the current-gen Spark, the city car is now the subject of a gigantic call back operation. No less than 223,815 exa...
Formula 1 Cars Should Get an Enclosed Cockpit, at the Very Least
13 Oct 2014, 14:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When thinking of Formula 1 racing nothing can describe it better than the world’s most capable open wheel/cockpit cars on the planet driven by the motorsport’s top drivers. Still, the la...
2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Recalled Due to Steering Problem
13 Oct 2014, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes-Benz has invested a lot in the launch of the 2015 C-Class and while the vehicle may have just started wining over customers around the world, a recall now affects the latest German star. ...
Recall Alert: 220,000 Nissan Altima Vehicles Affected
10 Oct 2014, 17:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A lot of curious faults have forced automakers to recall their cars throughout this year. It all started with the notorious General Motors ignition switch saga and then the Toyota re-recall of namep...
Mitsubishi Recall: 203,000 Vehicles Affected, Lancer Evolution Too
10 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mitsubishi Motors North America is yet again hit by a hard one. The Japanese manufacturer says approximately 203,000 cars it produced need to be inspected by dealer service departments for three def...
Things You Need to Know About When Traveling With Your Dog by Car
9 Oct 2014, 17:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Let's be honest here for a moment: traveling with your dog by car was a bit of an adventure the first time you did it. Whereas some of us managed to learn the dos and don'ts of such an adv...
Ram C/V Tradesman Van Recalled Over Airbag Defect
8 Oct 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Together with the 24,497 ProMaster units called in over non-compliant head restraints, Ram is also recalling a few thousand examples of the Ram C/V Tradesman for an uncommon software glitch. Docu...
Woop, Woop, That's the Sound of da Police Chevrolet Caprice Being Recalled
8 Oct 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sorry for the KRS One reference, but it's too darn funny a situation to not bring the iconic hip hop anthem into the limelight of this safety campaign. The NHTSA is at it again, this time annou...
NHTSA Investigates Ford Over Defective Power Steering Complaints
8 Oct 2014, 05:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a lot on its hands these days. The GM year-to-date recall tally surpassed the record 30 million mark, Chrysler has also been the subject of num...
Volvo Trucks Develops All-Around Visibility Tech That Predicts Traffic Scenarios Beforehand
7 Oct 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So you thought that the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 is the most technologically advanced heavy-duty truck in existence? Well you should think again… That sci-fi German contraption is b...
Non-Compliant Head Restraints Made Chrysler Recall the 2014 Ram ProMaster Full-Size Van
7 Oct 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also known as the Fiat Ducato / Peugeot Boxer / Citroen Jumper in Europe, the Ram ProMaster is Chrysler's answer to the segment standard Ford Transit. The Blue Oval's full-size van was cal...