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…
The danger of drowning for young children is ever present in and around the home. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death among children ages 1 to 4 years-old and it takes only a few inches of water for a young child to drown. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents…
The federal government said it will recommend that new cars have rear-view video systems, a move immediately denounced as “insufficient” by safety groups who say the cameras should be mandatory. The camera and monitor system enables drivers to see whether people or objects are in the blind spot behind vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety…
States could lose as much as $120 million in highway safety grants if Congress doesn’t change a planned bill to fund the government’s operations for six months. The Governors Highway Safety Association and Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Tuesday called on Congress to support highway safety grant programs. “Failure to do so will result in…
Car crashes are the number one killer of children 1 to 12 years old in the United States. The best way to protect them in the car is to put them in the right seat, at the right time, and use it the right way. There are so many car seat types and models, how…
Ford Motor Co. said Saturday it is recalling 5,800 2012 Ford Edge SUVs for fuel leaks that could lead to a fire. The new campaign is the most recent in a series of recalls for fire issues by Ford in recent months. The recall includes 5,499 in the United States and 346 in Canada. Ford…
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…