The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is facing a legal challenge from 15 states for delaying the implementation of heavier penalties to automakers that fail to meet fuel economy requirements. The delay was announced by the NHTSA last month under the Trump administration. A response to inflation, the increase was ordered by Congress in 2015. […]
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Save the manuals is taking on a whole new meaning at Jeep as the company is recalling 42,887 Wranglers and Gladiators with six-speed sticks. According to a Safety Recall Report, some 2018-2021 Wranglers and 2020-2021 Gladiators equipped with manual transmissions “may experience overheating of the clutch intermediate pressure plate” which could cause them to fail. […]
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Tesla is recalling 134,951 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs built at its Fremont California plant as a result of an infotainment screen that will “inevitably” fail, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The issue goes further than simply the infotainment system, though. When it fails, the screen bricks, which prevents drivers […]
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We reported yesterday that although Tesla will sell you a normal, round steering wheel, they appear to be serious about offering the Model S and Model X with a u-shaped yoke. Serious or not, though, it does raise the question of whether or not it’s legal to offer its two EVs with the yoke. Speaking […]
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<!––> <!––> Ford has revealed that the recent recall forced upon it by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will cost it $610 million. On Tuesday, the NHTSA ordered the car manufacturer to issue a recall for potentially-deadly driver-side airbag inflators. Ford had previously filed a petition to avoid a recall, claiming that the […]
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Despite multiple petitions filed by Ford in 2017, the NHTSA is making the second-largest U.S. carmaker recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side airbags, manufactured by Takata. The agency will also require Mazda to recall and repair airbags in roughly 5,800 B-Series vehicles, which were designed and built by Ford, using the same inflators […]
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New rules have been issued that will allow the manufacturers of autonomous vehicles to bypass the crash standards required by traditional passenger vehicles. The rules, announced by the outgoing Trump administration but yet to be finalized or implemented, will exempt automated vehicles designed to exclusively carry goods, rather than people, from certain crash standards. The […]
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Screen size is the latest battleground for automakers and Tesla kicked off that trend with the massive 17-inch infotainment system that resides in the Model S and Model X. Those screens are now at the center of a recall request by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In a letter to Tesla, the NHTSA said […]
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A survey run by insurance provider Value Penguin has found that 34 percent of respondents have driven while under the influence of alcohol in the last 7-12 months and 28 percent in the last six months. The company surveyed more than 1,000 Americans, with a sample base chosen to reflect age ranges and gender. The […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed two changes which could improve mobility options for people with disabilities. The first proposal is aimed at rental car companies and would allow them to temporarily disable a driver’s knee bolster air bag. This would be done to enable the installation of hand controls to assist people […]
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