Topic: Automotive Safety
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall about 333,000 RAV4 and Highlander SUVs because of the risk airbags sensors could fail and cause the curtain airbags to deploy.The recall covers about 214,000 RAV4 and about 94,000 Highlander ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz is recalling 136,750 M-Class and M-Class AMG vehicles in the United States made from 1999 to 2004 for issues related to cruise control that may lead to a crash, U.S. federal safety regulators said.A filing with ...
Big SUV gets major overhaul for 2011New Explorer Covers New Territory for Ford By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Quebec, Canada – It bristles with high tech new features, and Ford is hoping its new Explorer will be discovered by armies of consumers searching ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said it would recall about 144,000 F-150 models in the United States and Canada from the 2005 and 2006 model years due to a risk that airbags could deploy because of a short circuit.The automaker said ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into consumer complaints that model year 2006 Toyota Highlander hybrid SUVs stall while driving."The complaints show an apparent increasing trend, with all but one received within the past year," the U.S. National ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will release on Tuesday the findings of its long awaited review of Toyota Motor Corp's electronic throttles over complaints of unintended acceleration.The Transportation Department said in the early stage of the investigation that it had not ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 363,000 F-150 pickup trucks in North America because of a potential problem with the door handles not working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported on Thursday.Model years 2009 and 2010 ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 281,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the United States because of a potential problem with the door handles not working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported on Thursday.Model years 2009 and ...
New for 2011, Honda raises the minivan barNext Gen Minivan a Honda You Odyssey By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Minivans are the Rodney Dangerfield of the automotive industry: they get no, or little at least, respect. They're not particularly attractive, they're not the ...
About 6 in 7 adult drivers buckle up; CDC credits the increase with preventing injuriesNearly six in seven U.S. adults now wear seat belts, an increase in driver safety that health officials say has helped cut motor vehicle deaths and injuries.About 85 ...