Kia America is recalling 101,409 vehicles due a potentially deadly hazard with the vehicle’s Roof Molding, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced (January 18, 2024 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 24V025000). The recall includes certain 2023-24 Sportage and 2022-24 Carnival vehicles which the roof molding can become loose or detach while driving, which may have been […]
Subaru is conducting a recalled several years of the Forester SUVs, one of the automaker’s most popular models. Subaru filed documents to recall the 2015-2018 Forester s with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall has 366,282 Foresters in the mix. Affected models come from the 2015-2018 model years, while a NHTSA investigation originally […]
Jeep’s Gladiator pickup truck has been recalled for a serious issue per a report by Jalopnik. The truck has been a strong seller. The issues is with the driveshafts which were manufactured without the requisite grease to keep them lubricated and has resulted in a temporary stop-sale of affected Gladiator models. Sales have also been […]
Nissan will do a “service campaign” to fix nearly 200,000 Altima midsize cars because a suspension part can come loose from the frame due to corrosion. The “campaign” is step below a recall, but the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is continuing an investigation into the problem which covers more than 2 million cars. […]
Some two million Ford F-150 pickup trucks are being recalled by the company after more than 20 reports of smoke or fire coming from the seat belts. The recall, which was announced Thursday, applies to certain Regular Cab and SuperCrew Cab vehicles from model years 2015-18. The problem, according to the company, is with a […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants phone makers to make it harder for drivers to use their smartphones when behind the wheel. The NHTSA today published new guidelines for phone and car makers that it believes will help cut back on instances of distracted driving. Specifically, the government wants phones to more proactively go into […]
The administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has told an industry conference in Detroit that new Federal government guidelines for self-driving, or autonomous, vehicles will be published in July, reports Fortune. According to NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind, government legislation as it currently stands is moving too slowly in comparison with the speed […]
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles agreed to pay a $70 million fine, accept three years of close oversight by an independent monitor and buy back thousands of pickup trucks as part of a far-reaching consent agreement to settle a U.S. government probe into 23 safety recalls since 2009. The terms of the agreement signal an effort by […]
Subaru of America said it is recalling about 5,000 older-model cars with passenger-side airbag inflators made by Takata Corp. that may rupture and break into metal fragments that could harm passengers. Subaru said it will recall 2003-05 Legacy, Outback and Baja models as well as 2004-05 Imprezas that are or have been registered in Florida, […]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released its crash test ratings on 12 new small cars. Joe Nolan, IIHS Senior Vice President, Vehicle Research, noted that the results ran the gamut from the best rating of “Good,” to the worst rating of “Poor,” and that some small cars continue to “struggle” with the […]
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