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NHTSA’s Requests Recall, Chrysler Says No. After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a thorough investigation into a series of rear-end collisions leading to the deaths of at least 44 people, it developed the belief that some Jeep vehicles are at serious risk for a  fuel tank fire, and asked that Chrysler…

Group Demands Jeep Grand Cherokee Recall over Jeep Fuel Fed Fires A nonprofit group that advocates for consumer safety, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS), has repeated its demand that the Chrysler Group and Fiat, its parent company, issue a massive recall for millions of Jeep Grand Cherokees from model years 1993-2004, because they…

Cadillac SRX Recall: GM Recall Over Mechanical Defects When a consumer buys a new vehicle, they expect it to run properly, and for its safety functions to work as designed. But sometimes, that doesn’t happen. And lest you think such a thing is only common on economy cars, think again. The San Antonio Automotive…

Modern tractor-trailers are supposed to be well designed to prevent passenger vehicles from sliding underneath them, which is called underride. Preventing underride greatly increases the chance of survival of car drivers and passengers when a car crashes into the back of a large truck.  But a recent series of tests conducted by the Insurance…

According to a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nissan USA has found a problem with the air bag system on several of its 2013 models, and has issued what it refers to as a “voluntary” recall in both the United States and Canada. The vehicles being recalled include the 2013…

Findlay, Ohio-based Hercules Tire & Rubber Company has issued a recall for a number of its light-duty truck tires sold in the United States and Canada because there is a  possibility that the tires “can experience in-service belt and tread separations.”  This is a technical way of saying the treat and/or belt can separate…