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DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into claims Hyundai Motor Co's best-selling car in America, the Sonata sedan, may have steering problems. There have been no injuries or accidents reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or Hyundai regarding the steering issue, government and company officials said. NHTSA said steering could be an ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. fety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into claims that Hyundai Motor Co's best-selling car in America, the Sonata sedan, may have steering problems. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials opened the preliminary investigation into the 2011 Hyundai Sonata last Friday. There have been no injuries or accidents reported to NHTSA or Hyundai regarding the ...

FIERY CRASHES: Government safety regulators are investigating whether 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokees in model years between 1993 and 2004 could catch fire in rear-end or rollover crashes. SAFETY CONCERNS: Auto safety advocates say the placement of the gas tanks in the rear of the SUV puts them at ...

US authorities said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into a report of defective fuel tank systems in some three million Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles of the Chrysler group. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched the probe into reports of "defective fuel tank storage systems that present a fire hazard in crashes" in vehicles manufactured between 1993 and ...

THE INVESTIGATION: U.S. safety regulators have intensified their investigation into complaints of engine stalling in 2005-2007 Toyota Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks. The probe covers 1.8 million vehicles. THE TARGET: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking at two possible causes behind the stalling ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation of about 3 million older Jeep Grand Cherokees with fuel tanks that may present a fire risk in a crash, the regulators' website showed on Tuesday. The investigation was opened on Monday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The action is short of a recall, and a Chrysler ...

Federal safety officials have opened an investigation of 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokees over concerns that defective fuel tanks could cause fires in crashes. The investigation is in response to allegations made last year by an auto safety group that the placement of the gas tank behind ...

The U.S. government has beefed up its investigation into Toyota's Corolla and Matrix vehicles because of a possible engine defect that might can cause them to stall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement that it was raising its preliminary evaluation to ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up an investigation into the risk that up to 1.2 million Toyota Motor Corp Corolla and Matrix vehicles could stall due to defective electronic engine control units. Regulators began an engineering analysis on August 18 into reports of stalling in Corolla and Matrix cars from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 ...

Japan's Mazda is recalling nearly 320,000 vehicles in North America over a potentially deadly malfunction in their power steering, US authorities said Wednesday. The recall of its popular Mazda 3 and Mazda 5 models was issued for vehicles manufactured between April 2, 2007 and November 30, 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on ...