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DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators will not seek a recall after a seven-year investigation into complaints alleging that Dodge and Ram vehicles can roll away after being shifted into park.
DETROIT — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, RAV4, Matrix/ Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata airbag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel.
Tesla recently recalled almost every vehicle it has sold to update the Autopilot system with new driver monitoring features and safeguards. We’re now learning of another significant recall, this time involving almost 200,000 cars for issues with the backup camera software that could obstruct visibility.
Tesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not function while the car is in reverse.
Ford Motor Co. announced that it will recall 2.24 million Explorer SUVs — including nearly 1.9 million vehicles in the United States — because some trim pieces may come loose and create a possible safety issue for other drivers.
Volvo has made a name for itself as being a pioneer of automotive safety but it has just issued a recall for over 17,000 XC40 models in the United States as one of the turn signals may not function.A recall notice issued by Volvo via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveals that a diagnostic misdetection of a short to ground on the left-hand rear indicator could render it inoperable. Drivers will be notified of the issue through a malfunction message displayed on the instrument cluster.A total of 14,409 vehicles are involved in the recall. These XC40s were manufactured between October 13, 2022, and December 20, 2023.
American regulators are looking into a potential safety issue relating to the 2023 Fisker Ocean. The new electric vehicle has become the subject of several complaints from owners, who say that the braking performance of their vehicles diminished dangerously.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says it has received nine complaints from owners of the 2023 Ocean, including one incident involving a fire. It has decided to open a preliminary evaluation into an estimated 4,000 examples of the vehicle.The complaints are wide-ranging, but all revolve around the brakes.
While modern automakers like to say that they’re mobility providers, not just engineers, it is still central to the automotive experience that a car be able to accelerate and decelerate. For the 2017-2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Giulia Quadrifoglio, the first half of that equation may not be a sure thing.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary evaluation to look into customer complaints that the fuel pumps on the sedans are failing, leaving them without the ability to drive forward.NHTSA says that it has received 12 complaints from customers, and multiple field reports alleging that 2017-2018 Giulias have lost motive power or stalled while they were on the road.