Federal Auto Safety Watchdog Showing its Bite May 27, 2015 By David Morgan The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new...
Lack of Air Bag Replacement Parts to Prolong Takata Recall May 21, 2015 By Ben Klayman Takata Corp’s record U.S. recall of potentially deadly air bag inflators could take years to complete, industry experts and safety...
Takata Agrees to Airbag Settlement, Recall to Affect Nearly 34M Cars May 19, 2015 By Jeff Plungis Takata Corp. has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators who accused the company of failing to cooperate with an investigation...
NHTSA Reviews Nissan Coil Spring Fracture Complaints May 19, 2015 U.S. vehicle safety regulators have launched a preliminary evaluation of about 130,000 Nissan Versa cars after receiving complaints about fractures...
Number of Future Auto Recalls Expected to Rise May 4, 2015 Increased scrutiny by federal regulators with bipartisan support from legislators will lead to more frequent and larger auto recalls in...
Possible Recall-Related Crashes Involving Vehicles 10 Years and Older Going Unreported May 4, 2015 By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk Hundreds of crashes involving defective cars are going unreported each year because under U.S. safety rules automakers aren’t required to...
Federal Agency Wants to Cap Big Rig Speeds to Fix Tire Issue April 14, 2015 By MEGHAN BARR and TOM KRISHER The nation’s highway safety chief says his agency will push for quick action on a regulation requiring electronic speed limiters...
Federal Regulator Warns of Rust on Brakes in Cold Weather States April 9, 2015 By Bernie Woodall U.S. safety regulators on Thursday warned millions of owners of older model vehicles in “Rust Belt” states to get their...
Highway Agency Probe Sought in Connection With Guardrail Safety March 4, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Six U.S. senators asked for an investigation of the Federal Highway Administration’s monitoring of roadside safety devices, including a common...
Close to 64M Vehicles Recalled in 2014 February 17, 2015 By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN For the U.S. auto industry, 2014 was the year of the recall. Automakers issued 803 recalls totaling almost 64 million...