Category: Recalls
Rental Car Companies Are Now Responsible For Fixing Recalled Cars
As of June 1, 2016, for the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has the authority to...
DOT Recalls Another 40 Million Vehicles For Defective Takata
The Department of Transportation has taken a big step forward in resolving the defective Takata airbag crisis. The department has recalled an additional 35 to...
Takata Linked To Two Additional Deaths
Two recent deaths have been linked to faulty Takata airbags, bringing the total number of fatalities in the United States to 11. A Texas teen died...
Honda Secretly Asked Takata To Alter Airbags In 2009
In the summer of 2009, Honda quietly asked Takata to change its defective airbags to new “fail-safe” models after four injuries and one fatality were linked to...
Government Investigating Ford F-150 Brake Failure Complaints
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation regarding a potential recall for Ford F-150 pickup trucks. To date, 33 complaints have...
Auto Safety Advocate Says More Deaths Caused By Jeep Fires
Following 86 fatalities linked to defective gas tanks in Jeep vehicles, the Center for Auto Safety is requesting the U.S. government become involved in the...
Takata Airbag Recall List Continues To Grow As More Vehicles Are Added
Fourteen different automakers have announced they are once again adding more vehicles to the long and growing list of those currently affected by the Takata airbag...
Millions Of Vehicles Recalled Over New Airbag Defects
In the wake of the massive Takata airbag recall, yet another manufacturer is coming under scrutiny for producing potentially faulty airbags. Recently, automakers have found a...
First GM Ignition Switch Lawsuit Trial Begins
The first of six bellwether civil GM ignition switch lawsuits is now being heard in a Manhattan Federal District Court. The results of these six trials will...
