Three more children have died of heat stroke after being unknowingly left in hot cars from Aug. 22-25, reports KidsAndCars.org, the leading national nonprofit child safety organization working to prevent injuries and deaths of children in and around motor vehicles. Eleven children in seven states have now died in just the month of August, bringing…
Chalk another recall up to road salt damage. General Motors is recalling nearly 250,000 Chevrolet TrailBlazers and its various corporate SUV clones in Snow Belt states for a fire risk due to electrical problems. The SUVs can have a short circuit in the power window and lock controls in the driver’s door that can result…
Beginning next month, new cars equipped with so-called black boxes — instruments that record crash information — must meet certain criteria for categories of data captured, accuracy and crash survivability. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is still working on a rule that would require all new cars sold to contain the devices in…
Only two out of 11 midsize luxury cars tested earned a “good” rating on a new partial frontal crash test, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The only two of the 2012 models to make the mark were the Acura TL and Volvo S60. The Infiniti G was judged “acceptable.” Those rated as…