U.S. Regulators Upgrade Jeep Liberty Airbag Probe January 30, 2012 U.S. safety regulators have upgraded an investigation into almost 387,000 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles for potential inadvertent airbag deployment,...
House Panel Challenges Government Response on Volt January 26, 2012 By FREDERIC J. FROMMER A Republican-led House committee is challenging the Obama administration’s investigation into Chevy Volt batteries that caught fire last year. A...
Government Closes Volt Probe, Says Car is Safe January 23, 2012 The government is ending its safety investigation into the Chevrolet Volt. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that...
Panel Backs U.S. Finding on Toyota, Recommends Steps January 19, 2012 By John Crawley A scientific panel backed a U.S. government finding that electronic software played no role in sudden acceleration of Toyota vehicles,...
More Drivers Texting at Wheel, Despite State Bans December 12, 2011 By JOAN LOWY For all the criticism and new legal bans, texting by drivers just keeps increasing, especially among younger motorists. About half...
NHTSA Survey: Texting by Drivers up 50 Percent in 2010 December 9, 2011 By JOAN LOWY New federal safety data shows texting while driving increased 50 percent last year, despite a rush by states to ban...
GM Near Possible Volt Battery Fix December 7, 2011 By Ben Klayman and Kevin Krolicki General Motors Co is closing in on a package of proposed fixes for the Chevrolet Volt battery pack that engineers...
Feds Probe New Battery Fires in Chevrolet Volt November 28, 2011 By JOAN LOWY The government is investigating new fires involving the lithium-ion batteries in General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Volt to assess the fire...
Regulators Probing Gear Shift Trouble with GM Cars November 15, 2011 Federal safety regulators are investigating problems with the automatic shift levers on several General Motors cars. The probe began with...
NHTSA Upgrades, Widens Probe of Saturn Aura Cars November 14, 2011 Federal safety regulators have upgraded and widened an investigation into Saturn Aura cars over a transmission shift cable that could...