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Failing Track Bar Bracket Welds Lead To Jeep Wrangler Recall
Failing Track Bar Bracket Welds Lead To Jeep Wrangler Recall

6 Oct 2018, 15:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Owners of the 2018 Jeep Wrangler aren't happy about this mess-up, and more than 18,000 vehicles are being recalled in the United States

 
Shanghai GM Recalls More Than 3.3 Million Vehicles In China
Shanghai GM Recalls More Than 3.3 Million Vehicles In China

30 Sep 2018, 18:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Bad news for General Motors customers in China. No less than 3.3 million vehicles are under recall, suffering from an issue with the suspension arms

 
Honda Recalls 232,000 Sedan Models Over Backup Camera Issue
Honda Recalls 232,000 Sedan Models Over Backup Camera Issue

30 Sep 2018, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you happen to own an Accord or Insight built for the 2018 or 2019 model years, be sure to go to the dealer and re-flash your backup camera's software

 
World’s Worst Female Driver Runs Kid Over, Keeps Going
World’s Worst Female Driver Runs Kid Over, Keeps Going

27 Sep 2018, 12:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Shocking incident on a street in India shows children playing football and one car running over a boy who had stopped to tie his shoelaces

 
Woman High on Meth Flees Police, With Child Unrestrained on Car Floorboard
Woman High on Meth Flees Police, With Child Unrestrained on Car Floorboard

26 Sep 2018, 11:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The 39-year-old woman drove away after she called the cops to say someone had been stalking her, led them on high speed chase for 5 miles

 
Scientists Are Working on Blood Test to Determine When a Driver is Too Tired
Scientists Are Working on Blood Test to Determine When a Driver is Too Tired

24 Sep 2018, 13:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Initial tests at the Sleep Research Center at the University of Surrey show a 92% accuracy in determining which subject has not had enough sleep

 
2019 Audi A6 Rated Five Stars Overall By Euro NCAP
2019 Audi A6 Rated Five Stars Overall By Euro NCAP

19 Sep 2018, 15:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The engineering and attention to detail that went into the all-new A6 speak for themselves, and Euro NCAP agrees with a maximum rating for safety

 
Euro NCAP Tests 2018 Suzuki Jimny, Results Leave a Lot To Be Desired
Euro NCAP Tests 2018 Suzuki Jimny, Results Leave a Lot To Be Desired

19 Sep 2018, 12:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though the 2018 Jimny isn't as safe as you'd expect it to be, the newcomer is far safer in a crash than the previous Jimny

 
Woman is Knocked Off Bike, Ran Over by Truck, Survives
Woman is Knocked Off Bike, Ran Over by Truck, Survives

17 Sep 2018, 09:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Truck driver accidentally hits biker, throws her under. CCTV footage shows her getting up and walking on her own as if nothing had happened

 
General Motors Recalls 230,000 Vehicles Over Defective Brake Pistons
General Motors Recalls 230,000 Vehicles Over Defective Brake Pistons

13 Sep 2018, 09:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Because of ZF, General Motors now has to recall 230,000 vehicles from the 2018 and 2019 model years to bleed the rear brakes of trapped hydrogen gas

 
Truck Driver is Crushed by His Own Unsecured Cargo
Truck Driver is Crushed by His Own Unsecured Cargo

12 Sep 2018, 14:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Fellow motorists warn driver that he’s traveling with the door open, he comes to shut it and is hit in the head by a trolley packed with goods

 
United Airlines Captain Removes Uniform, Takes Nap During Flight
United Airlines Captain Removes Uniform, Takes Nap During Flight

11 Sep 2018, 14:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The plane was flying from the U.S. East Coast to the UK, a 7-hour flight, on a 3-man cockpit crew. United says nothing wrong happened

 
Mom Warns of Keyless Cars After Son Gets Locked in 2018 Chevy Malibu
Mom Warns of Keyless Cars After Son Gets Locked in 2018 Chevy Malibu

10 Sep 2018, 15:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Katie Corbin says technology “failed” her after her car locked when she stepped outside to pump gas, leaving her son and both her key fobs inside

 
Texas Woman Gives Birth in the Passenger Seat of a Speeding Car
Texas Woman Gives Birth in the Passenger Seat of a Speeding Car

10 Sep 2018, 13:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Alexis Swinney was in the car with her husband when her water broke. She delivered their 5th child on her own, in front of her other kids

 
Acura NSX Recalled Over Two Problems
Acura NSX Recalled Over Two Problems

9 Sep 2018, 18:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The third brake light and both fuel tanks have to be replaced on the 2017 and 2018 Acura NSX, with both recall campaigns starting in November

 
VW Golf Driver Caught Hanging Out the Window While Doing 50mph
VW Golf Driver Caught Hanging Out the Window While Doing 50mph

4 Sep 2018, 13:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / 19-year-old prison guard from Lancaster claims he got “carried away,” was actually posing for pictures for a woman in the car in front

 
Britain’s Zombie Pedestrians Could Get New Pavements to Keep Them Safe
Britain’s Zombie Pedestrians Could Get New Pavements to Keep Them Safe

4 Sep 2018, 12:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Adviser to the Department of Transport calls for new signs, “text walking lanes” for smartphone addicts, as a means to keep them out of harm’s way.

 
AAP Updates Recommendations on Rear-Facing Car Seats For Toddlers
AAP Updates Recommendations on Rear-Facing Car Seats For Toddlers

3 Sep 2018, 13:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / American Academy of Pediatrics removes age limit for transition to forward-facing car seats, recommends using a rear-facing one “as long as possible”

 
Nissan Recalls 166,000 Vehicles in North America Over Ignition Switch Problem
Nissan Recalls 166,000 Vehicles in North America Over Ignition Switch Problem

31 Aug 2018, 16:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 153,000 vehicles in the United States and 13,000 in Canada are being recalled over a problem similar to the General Motors ignition switch saga

 
Formula 1 Rear Wing Rain Lights To Become Mandatory From 2019
Formula 1 Rear Wing Rain Lights To Become Mandatory From 2019

29 Aug 2018, 17:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / From the 2019 season onward, Formula 1 single-seaters will feature endplate LEDs to help the drivers see better in rainy weather