VW Golf Sportsvan Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
25 Jun 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Euro NCAP has just released the safety rating for the new Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan, a compact MPV that replaces the Golf Plus. Out of the six cars which were recently crash-tested by the safety bod...
Renault Megane Facelift Gets 3-Star Euro NCAP Rating, Behaves Like a 4-Star Car
25 Jun 2014, 09:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Euro NCAP has just served us with a new batch of its crash tests and while last time quadricycles brought doom with their hopeless ratings, this time it is the French car industry’s turn to de...
Californian Company Making “Bolt-On” Autonomous Car Kit
24 Jun 2014, 15:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / While each major automaker is struggling to come up with a fully autonomous driving car, a rather small company says they can make current cars to do the same using their newly developed kit that co...
Chevrolet Volt Battery Coolant Issue Identified
24 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the ignition switch recall-laden General Motors, owners of the 2012 and 2013 model year Chevrolet Volt long range electric vehicle are 'encouraged' by the manufacturer to sche...
Takata Blames Moisture for Faulty Airbags
23 Jun 2014, 19:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you “recall”, there are about 7 million cars now in the world having some nasty troubles with Takata airbags that can burst in your face the incorrect way, leading to injuries or even...
Ford Explorer Investigated Over Exhaust Leak
23 Jun 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After multiple owners complained about very strong gasoline smell inside the cabin, the National Safety Highway Administration started an investigation to find out the exact cause of the latest prob...
GM Speeds Up Ignition Repairs With Dealer Incentives
22 Jun 2014, 17:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now here's a little bit of good news coming from General Motors – dealerships nationwide will be offered $250 in order to hurry up the replacement of faulty ignition switches. But this is...
Toyota Explains Safety Gains in Cars-Roads Wireless Communication
22 Jun 2014, 14:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Every automaker wants to make its cars safer and easier to drive, fitting them with all sorts of electronic nannies that do much of the driver's work. Ten or twenty years from now, you'll ...
Active Glovebox Knee Airbag Equips 2015 Ford Mustang
19 Jun 2014, 19:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the last decade or so, automobile safety systems have come a long way since the driver-passenger airbag setup was the industry standard. Now we've got head-up displays and buttons on the ste...
Kia Recalls 2014 Cadenza Over Fragile Alloy Wheels
19 Jun 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Over 3,100 units of the Kia Cadenza from the 2014 model year are called back for the most peculiar of reasons: 19-inch non-chrome aluminum wheels may fracture if the driver runs over large asphaltic...
Mazda Tribute Recalled Over Steering Problem
19 Jun 2014, 15:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been only two months since Mazda called back 109,000 Tribute SUVs fitted with control arms prone to crack or even break. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just ann...
Mary Barra Vowed GM Will Get Its Act Together, Recall Tally Surpasses 20 Million Vehicles
18 Jun 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The General Motors CEO declared today in front of Congress members that she "will not rest" until safety and non-compliance issues affecting millions of GM vehicles will be fixed. Barra un...
This Anti-Speeding Ad is Wrong on So Many Levels
18 Jun 2014, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / People of the world, we’re begging you: never-ever speed again, so that we don’t have to deal with an anti-going fast ad as terrible as the one below! While you make up your mind on that...
Pentastar V6 Still Prone to Cylinder Head Failure
17 Jun 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Chrysler replaced the cylinder heads on 7,500 vehicles equipped with the Pentastar V6 back in 2012, the automaker announced it will extend the warranty coverage on each and every car fitted wi...
GM to Drill Holes Into the Keys of 3.4 Million Vehicles
17 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yup, you heard that right. General Motors' latest recall involves over 3 million cars which will have their keys reworked… with an electric drill! The fix involves adding a plastic inser...
VW Golf Cabrio Disappoints in ADAC Rollover Crash Tests
15 Jun 2014, 09:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite visible progress in safety technology, there are still some car niches where crashing is still quite dangerous. One is really small A-segment models and, according to the ADAC, compact conve...
Don't Fully Trust the Lexus LS Active Pedestrian Safety System Yet
14 Jun 2014, 12:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / More and more automakers are offering collision avoidance systems on their vehicles, but as this technology is relatively new, you shouldn't completely rely on their capabilities to prevent or ...
NHTSA's Investigation on Takata Faulty Airbags Expanding to More Automakers
14 Jun 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Last year, Takata, which is one of the world's biggest safety equipment supplier, discovered that a huge batch of its airbags could deploy incorrectly. And so, the biggest recall over airbag is...
Entire Chevrolet Camaro Production Run Recalled, Saab 9-3 Convertible Also Added to GM Recall Tally
13 Jun 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Saab is currently in Chinese hands and builds a cheap electric rendition of the 9-3, almost 29k drop-tops wearing the Swedish griffin badge that utilize General Motors underpinnings are ...
NHTSA Prepares Drastic Tire Aging Regulation
12 Jun 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The agency charged with regulating auto industry and transportation safety standards in the United States is preparing a tire aging regulation. This breaking piece of news has been released by Abby ...