Topic: Automotive Safety
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker managed by Italy's Fiat SpA, recalled more than 144,000 vehicles in three separate filings to federal regulators posted on Thursday.In the largest of the three recalls, Chrysler said 65,180 Dodge Journey vehicles for the ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is recalling 14,737 new vehicles including its biggest seller, the F-series pickup truck, due to the chance than an electrical short could cause a fire, U.S. federal regulators said on Thursday.Ford will inform owners of its ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 109,000 Cadillac CTS cars worldwide for the model years 2005 to 2007 because a mat under the seat that senses the front passenger could break and disable the front air bag.Repeated "flexing" of the ...
The insurance industry's top safety pick winners for the 2011 model yearThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recognized 66 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award for the 2011 model year. The award honors vehicles for their ability to protect ...
Hyundai-Kia, Volkswagen win most 'top safety pick' awards from insurance industry groupSouth Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia and German car maker Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, used by safety-minded consumers looking to buy a new ...
Toyota to pay a record $32.4M in additional fines for handling of safety recallsToyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC is recalling over 367,000 minivans because of the risk that a water leak in the air conditioning system could trigger the airbags, risking injury to passengers.Chrysler said it had received reports of five minor injuries related ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a study suggesting that drug use among fatally injured drivers has risen from 2005 to 2009. That bump has been steady, going up just 5 percent from 2005 to 2009. The other part of ...
Knock-off replacement car bumper parts can cause air bags to deploy in low-speed crashes?when they shouldn't?as new testing by Ford shows. Plus, the Ford test results provide new evidence that non-manufacturer bumper parts can throw off the necessary split-second timing of air-bag ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened up two investigations on possible defects with 150,000 2006 Honda CR-V SUVs and 41,000 2007 Kia Optima sedans.. NHTSA has received three reports of fires related to the master power window switch in ...
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