National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating about 724,000 units of Ford's sports utility vehicles and crossovers in the US, over the limp mode problem. The vehicles affected by the investigation include the ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a consumer warning involving the sale of counterfeit air bags that were used as replacement parts for vehicles involved in a crash. The fake air bags look like certified, ...
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As we move closer to the winter months, a small SUV is an ideal vehicle for added traction in hazardous conditions, some with room for family travel and decent fuel economy. And buying used allows you to reap these benefits for less money ...
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Redesigned from the ground-up for 2013, the new Pathfinder drives a lot like a lifted Nissan Altima. We get the feeling that is exactly what Nissan intended. You have to wonder, though, how much more money would be in Nissan's coffers ...
Tags: 2013 Nissan, three-row SUV, SUV, truck platform
The holiday season is upon us and if you're in the market for a new car either as a generous gift or for winter family travel, there are plenty of deals available. The 2013 model year is in full swing, but there are lots of incentives on ...
Just because a model is reliable, doesn't mean it is recommended by Consumer Reports. Two out of the top 10 most reliable vehicles don't perform well enough in our tests for us to recommend them. The opposite happens as well--some vehicles ...
Mazda Motor is recalling about 217,500 Tributes SUVs in the US from the 2001 to 2006 model years as well as some from 2008 to fix the sticky gas pedals that can lead to unintended acceleration incidents. All the recalled Tributes SUVs ...
Tags: Mazda Motor, Tributes SUVs, cruise-control cable, six-cylinder engine
Japanese car manufacturer Honda is recalling over 820,000 Civic compact cars and Pilot sport utility vehicles (SUVs) due to a headlight problem across the US. The new recall, which marks the third recall since 2004, affects 2002-2003 ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor is recalling 262,000 Fiesta subcompacts from model years 2011-2013 to reprogramme the passenger side curtain air bags. The recall, which is expected to start soon, covers 154,604 Fiestas in the US, with the rest in ...
General Motors and Isuzu are recalling over 258,000 sport utility vehicles in the US and Canada due to a potential fire hazard. The companies will fix short-circuits in power-window and door-lock switches that can cause fires. The ...
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US car maker General Motors (GM) is recalling over 40,000 cars due to a plastic part might crack and fuel leak. The models that are recalled include Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 sedans from the 2007-2009 model years and Chevrolet ...
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A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) finds that vehicles equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) reduced the number of severely under-inflated tires on the road. The report compared ...
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This two-part entry is actually the second half of my previous post about why there weren’t nearly enough bikes in model year 2012 and why we don’t seem to be able to do anything about the chronic under- or over-supply of ...
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That Was Then, This Is Now. Fortunately, those 240-day lead times from back in the early 2000s are a thing of the past. As discussed previously, it’s more like half that nowadays. Marketing communications can be developed and deployed ...
Author(s): Miriam Berg In 2011, energy efficiency helped create jobs, cut costs and make the United States more energy independent. Read on for the biggest advances made last year in energy efficiency. Policy Many pieces of bipartisan ...
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