Photo: IIHS I can’t believe I’m writing this in the year 2024, but in case y’all forgot, seat belts save lives. It’s pretty black and white: Over half of all vehicle occupant fatalities in 2022 were people who weren’t wearing a seat belt. It simply boggles my mind whenever I see folks driving or riding … Read more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into the deadly Tesla Cybertruck crash that happened in Northern California last week. It left three young college students dead and another in critical condition. Right now, the California Highway Patrol is leading the crash investigation. We’ll see how far NHTSA takes it. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally … Read more
Hyundai is recalling more than 226,000 SUVs and small cars in the US because the rearview camera image may not show up on the screens. The recall covers certain Santa Fe and Elantra vehicles from the 2021 and 2022 model years. Hyundai says in documents posted Wednesday by safety regulators that solder joints on a printed circuit … Read more
General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place. There are 38,382 Canadian vehicles affected by the recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that the recall … Read more
BMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with the water pump’s electrical connector that could potentially lead to a fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the recall includes some X1, X3 and X5 vehicles as well as some other models. The impacted vehicles have water pumps with insufficient … Read more
Stellantis is telling the owners of more than 24,000 plug-in hybrid minivans to park them outdoors away from buildings, and to stop charging them due to the possibility of battery fires. The company said Thursday that it’s recalling certain 2017 through 2021 Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrids, mainly in North America. Some are being recalled for a … Read more
German carmaker BMW is recalling 394,000 vehicles in the United States and 44,131 vehicles in Canada due to faulty airbag inflators that could potentially cause serious or fatal injuries. The recall was reported by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday, and updated on Transport Canada’s website on Thursday. An airbag inflator can explode, sending potentially deadly sharp … Read more
Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Max Burkholder’s First Car … Read more
New vehicles sold in the US will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration. The final rule will increase fuel economy by 2% per year for model years 2027 to … Read more
Hilary Cain, of Alliance for Automotive Innovation, on how tech can help protect kids in cars – CBS News Watch CBS News Hilary Cain, with the auto industry trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation, explains what technology car manufacturers are putting into new cars to help reduce the risk of children being left in hot … Read more
