Tag: Vehicle Safety

November 17, 2017

WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it is opening an investigation into potential air bag failure in 415,000 Volkswagen vehicles after the company issued a recall for the same issue in 2015. The agency said it […]

July 14, 2017

American Honda will voluntarily recall 2.1 million Accord models worldwide made between 2013 and 2016, after five reports that the vehicle’s battery sensors caused engine fires. Honda said 1.1 million of the recalls would take place in the U.S. and […]

June 19, 2017

Autonomous driving technology moves fast. The federal government doesn’t. That’s why automakers and technology companies are increasingly anxious for Congress to get moving on policies to govern the development and testing of the technology. They want to guard against a […]

September 13, 2016

Four Republican members of Congress on Monday urged U.S. auto safety regulators to convene an industry-wide effort to prevent possible attacks on computer systems in vehicles. The lawmakers addressed their concerns in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety […]

August 26, 2016

A Texas jury said on Thursday a General Motors ignition switch, linked to nearly 400 injuries and deaths, was not to blame for a fatal 2011 crash, according to a company statement. The verdict in Harris County, Texas, was the […]

August 16, 2016

A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit against General Motors from a woman who blamed a 2012 car crash on a faulty ignition switch that later prompted the company to recall 2.6 million vehicles. The Aug. 13 order from […]

August 5, 2016

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is upgrading a probe of more than 8 million airbag inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc. after a driver was killed in Canada when an inflator ruptured in a Hyundai vehicle last month. The […]

May 18, 2016

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is extending its oversight of General Motors’ safety practices for another year as part of a sweeping consent order signed in 2014 when the company issued a broad recall of cars for faulty ignition […]