It’s Time to Act on Trucking Safety Ideas, Says NTSB January 14, 2015 By Alan Levin Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities...
U.S. Auto Recalls Set Record at 60 Million for Year December 21, 2014 By Jeff Green and Jeff Plungis U.S. automobile recalls surpassed the 60 million mark for the first time in a single year, largely because of the...
Japan Transport Ministry Weighs Additional Air Bag Recalls December 2, 2014 By Ma Jie and Masatsugu Horie Japan’s investigation into dangerous air bags is leading to a remote scrapyard in the central Gifu prefecture, where the explosion...
Honda Admits Not Reporting U.S. Claims; Could Face Record Fine November 25, 2014 By Jeff Green and Jeff Plungis Honda Motor Co. said it failed to report more than 1,700 claims of injury or death involving its cars to...
GM Emails Show Ignition Switch Fix Began 2 Months Before Recall November 12, 2014 By David Welch The disclosure of December e-mails by General Motors Co. shows that the company was working on a fix for its...
Obama Reportedly Searching for New Auto Safety Chief October 28, 2014 The acting chief of the NHTSA, the top U.S. automotive safety regulator, is unlikely to be nominated for the job...
Nissan Expands Global Recall by 260,000 Vehicles October 23, 2014 By Ma Jie and Masatsugu Horie Nissan Motor Co. expanded a global recall of cars using Takata Corp.-made air bags, which have been linked to four...
Congress Hits Auto Safety Agency’s Role in GM Recalls September 18, 2014 By Joan Lowy and Tom Krisher Both houses of Congress scolded the U.S. highway safety agency Tuesday over its tardy handling of a deadly problem with...
‘Click It Or Ticket’ Push Begins in Texas May 20, 2014 No excuses: wear your seat belt. Texas is part of the 13th annual “Click It or Ticket” safety effort to...
Carmakers, Regulators Looking Into Flaws in Air Bag Technology May 16, 2014 By Jeff Green, Jeff Plungis and Patrick G. Lee When Ford Motor Co. recalled 600,000 sport-utility vehicles last week, it became the fourth carmaker this year to acknowledge an...