Topic: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Ford Freestyle vehicle in safety investigation

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that the Ford Motor Co crossover SUV Freestyle lunges forward or backward unexpectedly, according to a posting on the regulator's website.The "lunge" has resulted in 18 minor crashes and one minor injury when ...

U.S. upgrades BMW Mini probe over steering complaints

DETROIT (Reuters) - Safety regulators have upgraded an investigation into almost 60,000 BMW Mini cars for a potential steering problem associated with five minor crashes.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its Web site on Monday that the ...

Ford F-150 truck probe expands to 2.7 million

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators said they have expanded to 2.7 million vehicles an investigation into the possibility that straps holding fuel tanks can rust and break on Ford Motor Co F-150 pickup trucks from the 1997-2001 model years.The U.S. National ...

NHTSA opens three probes into Ford, GM, Honda

DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal safety regulators have opened a probe into some Ford Motor Co SUVs due to complaints that the liftgate windows can shatter without warning and are also looking at some GM and Honda SUVs for different issues.The preliminary investigations ...

GM SUVs probed for bad fuel gauges

DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal regulators are investigating 865,000 General Motors Co sport utility vehicles for potential faulty fuel gauges that could mistakenly tell drivers their vehicles have more gas than they do.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on its website it ...

U.S. probes reports of Toyota Highlander stalling

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 ...

Government to release review of Toyota throttles

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 ...

Ford recalls 363,000 F-150 trucks

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 ...

Ford recalls 281,000 F-150 trucks in U.S.

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 ...

Ford recalls F-series pickups, Edge, Lincoln MKX

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 ...