Viewpoint: Automobile Safety Rating System is Failing Consumers June 10, 2022 By National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The 5-Star Safety Rating Program that Americans use when shopping for new passenger vehicles “fails consumers” by not including collision-avoidance...
Feds: Goodyear Knew of Defective RV Tires as Early as 2002 June 9, 2022 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say Goodyear knew that some of its recreational vehicle tires could fail and cause severe...
Goodyear to Recall RV Tires 19 Years After Last One Was Made June 8, 2022 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Nineteen years after the last one was made, Goodyear has agreed to recall more than 173,000 recreational...
Tesla Faces Increase in Complaints Over ‘Phantom Braking’ June 3, 2022 By Keith Laing Tesla Inc. is facing stepped-up scrutiny from US regulators who have received 758 complaints of cars made by the company...
Safety Group Says 2022 Jeep Wrangler Tipped Over in Crash Test June 2, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said on Thursday a 2022 Jeep Wrangler 4-door model tipped over...
US Senate Confirms Auto Safety Chief amid Traffic Death Spike May 27, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the top...
Buttigieg Sends $5B to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar May 17, 2022 By Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid...
Mercedes Tells Owners of 292K Vehicles to Stop Driving Them May 13, 2022 DETROIT (AP) — Mercedes-Benz is telling the owners of more than 292,000 vehicles in the U.S. to stop driving them...
Tesla Autopilot Stirs US Alarm as ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’ April 20, 2022 By Craig Trudell and Keith Laing Derrick Monet and his wife, Jenna, were driving on an Indiana interstate in 2019 when their Tesla Model 3 sedan...
NHTSA Reviews LG Energy Solution Batteries to Ensure Adequate Recalls April 6, 2022 WASHINGTON/SEOUL –– The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it is opening a review to ensure...