Never a good sign for business when you have to recall 95,000 plus vehicles. In this economy that is a lot of green. Reuters is reporting that Toyota is recalling a number of models because of ice accumulation on break systems. "Toyota Motor Corp is recalling about 95,700 Toyota and Scion vehicles...
The NHTSA has launched an investigation into reports of pedal entrapment in Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models. The NHTSA has received several complaints and has verified three instances of pedal entrapment, which could lead to unintended acceleration. No accidents have been reported...
Honda Motor Co. announced a recall on over 410,000 vehicles. Over 344,000 Honda's Odyssey minivans and 68,000 Honda Element S.U.V.s have been recalled because of "soft" brake pedals. The brakes can, in a statement issued by Honda, over time cause a loss of braking power as time and wear cause...
After 40 days in bankruptcy, the beleaguered car company General Motors will emerge as a new firm later today. Once the world's largest and most profitable automibiles firm, GM has been facing financial troubles for the last few years and reported heavy losses each quarter. The slump in car sales...
China has officially overtaken the U.S. as the world's largest automobiles market for the first time. For the first six months of this year it reported sales of 6.1 million units which means an increase of 17.7% YOY. In June alone, the sales in Chinese auto market rose by 36.5% over the same period...
Honda has announced it is recalling 440,000 vehicles in the United States due to an airbag defect. One fatality and several injuries have been linked to the flaw, Honda said. The automaker had already recalled some models last November. The recall was instated because the air bag inflator on...
The National Hot Road Association, also known as NHRA, is "deeply saddened" by the death of a female spectator in Chandler, Arizona. A tire flew off of Antron Brown's Matco Tools/U.S. Army Dragster after the driver lost control. The tire hit and critically injured the woman during the first round...
Those of us old enough to have owned rear wheel drive cars as our first rides are WELL acquainted with oversteer. For those of you weaned on VW Golfs and Honda Civics, oversteer may not be familiar to you. Oversteer (or "loose" in racing terms) refers to the back end of a car coming loose, which...
Stopping a car with unintended acceleration isn’t as dramatic as the news media would have you believe. The above video explains the process in language any driver can understand. Here's what the video shows: 1) First, move the gear selector for Drive to Neutral. On a Prius, this is done by...
An Arizona bus crash has left six people dead and many others seriously injured. The accident occurred near Phoenix, Arizona on Interstate 10 South at 5:27 local time. State officials reported that the roof of the bus was crushed when the bus crashed head on into a car as it was en route from...
