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WASHINGTON – Ford Motor Co. is recalling 154,604 2011-2013 model-year Ford Fiesta vehicles so the automaker can reprogram the vehicle software that controls the side curtain airbag system.
Read More →WASHINGTON - NHTSA said it has become aware of a problem involving the sale of counterfeit airbags for use as replacement parts in vehicles that have been involved in a crash.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc. is issuing two vehicle safety recalls – one covering 199,118 2007-2009 model-year Hyundai Santa Fe crossover SUVs and another covering 22,512 2012-2013 model-year Hyundai Sonata sedans.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Stockholm-based Autoliv Inc. has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels installed in U.S. cars, as well as the company’s role in a separate conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts, the Department of Justice announced.
Read More →This week’s tip, taken from the 2012 edition of “Illinois Rules of the Road,” concerns safety belts and airbags.
Read More →GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This month’s International Geneva Motor Show saw the debut of the 2013 model-year Volvo V40 – a vehicle that features airbag technology designed to protect pedestrians as well as occupants. Though Volvo doesn’t intend to sell the model in the U.S., the five-door hatchback’s pedestrian airbag represents a milestone in automotive safety technology.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The Highway Loss Data Institute found it typically takes an average of 30 years for an advanced safety feature introduced in luxury cars to become a feature on 95% of the vehicles on the road.
Read More →LIVONIA, MI -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., which specializes in automotive safety systems, announced its next generation of adaptive frontal passenger airbags.
Read More →DETROIT - The new safety feature will be standard on all Acadia and Traverse models with power seats and on all Enclaves.
Read More →DETROIT - The 1.4L optional engine for the Sonic is estimated to provide fuel economy of 40 mpg.
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