Airbags in cars are nothing new but now Volvo is showing that airbags can be used to protect pedestrians, too. The new Volvo V40 is the world’s first mass-produced passenger car with an external airbag that deploys in front of the windshield if a car hits a pedestrian. Volvo’s system places an external airbag in…
A U.S. government safety agency has opened an investigation into complaints that the throttles can stick on some older-model Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable sedans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website that 50 drivers have complained about the problem in cars from the 2000 through 2003 model years.…
Thousands of motorists may be driving cars and trucks installed with dangerous counterfeit bags and they should have them replaced at their own expense, the Obama administration warned. Most at risk are motorists who have had their airbags replaced over the past three years by a repair shop other than a new car dealership, the…
This has not been a good month for Honda for safety recalls. With the addition of 268,655 Honda CR-V from model years 2002-2006 that have a possible defective driver-side power window switch that may fail and cause a fire, Honda now has just under 1,715,000 vehicles being recalled for safety defects. These CR-V models are…