NHTSA News
U.S. to Extend Airbag Probe Rather Than Require Vehicle Recall
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead ...
GM Recalls Pickups, SUVs Due to Risk of Rear Wheel Lock Up
General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because the rear wheels can lock up, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall in the U.S. covers certain ...
U.S. Safety Agency Investigates Whether Engines in 1.4M Hondas Might Fail
The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Ends Ford Engine Failure Probe After Recall, Warranty Extension
The U.S. government's auto safety regulator has ended a 2 1/2-year investigation into Ford engine failures after the company replaced engines or extended the warranty on some vehicles. The National ...
Pedestrian Death Prompts Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ System Investigation
The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The ...
U.S. Seeks New Pedestrian Safety Rules Aimed at Bigger SUVs, Pickups
The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National ...
Safety Agency Probing Jeep SUVs, Pickup Fires After Engines Turned Off
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks even with the ignition turned off. The probe covers more than 781,000 Jeep ...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Reports 28th Death Due to Airbag Inflators
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it had confirmed the 28th death in the United States stemming from defective Takata airbag inflators since 2009. The issue has ...