Auto Safety Agency Fails to Hold Car Manufacturers Accountable June 22, 2015 An upcoming government audit says the nation’s auto safety regulator failed repeatedly over a decade to discover the General Motors...
Another Death Linked to Defective Takata Airbags June 15, 2015 U.S. regulators have confirmed that an airbag made by Takata Corp. was involved in the April death of a woman...
Auto Safety Agency Plans Aggressive Enforcement of Auto Recalls June 8, 2015 By David Morgan U.S. auto regulators on Friday acknowledged shortfalls in their probe of a deadly General Motors Co ignition switch defect and...
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...