Finding a booster seat that correctly fits your child is easier than ever according to a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Institute has released their annual list of the best-fitting booster seats for ...
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This week's recall of 7.43 million Toyotas for a faulty power window switch that could catch fire has been billed as one of the largest in history. But how big is it really? It didn't even make the top 10, ranking only 16th on a list ...
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Whether initiated by an automaker or required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA),car recalls are issued to address safety-related defects or problems.It's important to keep up on recalls on your vehicle to ensure ...
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Ford has announced that a corrective action has been determined to address the latest fire risk for the new Escape SUV and Fusion sedan,coming 10 days after owners were advised not to drive their vehicles. On November 31st,Ford advised ...
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A local report about consumer safety surrounding the use of laminated glass for sidelites which aired recently on NBC 6 South Florida asks the question: are vehicles becoming too safe? In January 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has begun two separate recalls resulting from faulty egress window handles. Both Gillig Corp. and New Flyer Industries are recalling vehicles for faulty handles. New Flyer is ...
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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 ...
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is recalling 7,842 Infiniti JX35 crossover vehicles from the 2013 model year to check for defective fuel gauges. The automaker said that a faulty gauge in the new luxury crossover could indicate a higher ...
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In an article published on the Federal Register yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to withdraw a rulemaking proposal aimed at repealing the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) rule ...
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German automaker BMW is recalling about 45,500 7-Series vehicles due to a potentially serious transmission manufacturing defect. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), BMW 7-Series vehicles that were ...
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The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is planning to equip vehicles with connected-vehicle technologies, which will facilitate the vehicles to send and receive wireless messages preventing crashes. Under the ...
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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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German automaker Volkswagen is planning to recall 2,471 Beetle cars in North America over airbags problem issue. The recall includes 2012 and 2013 model year vehicles manufactured between February 2012 and August 2012. According to the ...
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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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General Motors has announced the recall of its 2013 Cadillac XTS sedan today. Nearly 13,000 of the new luxury cars have rear head rests that fail to meet federal safety standards and could increase the risk of neck injuries if rear ...
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