NHTSA Closed Its Jeep Fire Probe. A Million Wranglers and Gladiators Still Can’t Park in the Garage.
NHTSA closed its fire probe into 1.08 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators. FCA's own recall filing shows why owners still…
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Two Years Ago, Running From a Missouri Trooper Could End in Probation. This Driver Got Spun Out at 110 MPH and 3 Years, the First With No Parole.
Bryan Noyola-Delacruz ran from a Missouri trooper at 110 mph on I-35 in January. It...
Ford’s Wet Timing Belt Case Went From 44 Complaints to 1,299. The Part That Clogs Can’t Be Reached Without Pulling the Engine.
NHTSA's probe into Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost grew from 10,473 cars to 135,551. Two months later there's still no recall. Here's…
The New Fuel Economy Rules Carry a $0 Fine. The Part That Actually Matters Is Buried 700 Pages Deep.
The fine for missing the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is zero dollars....
One Rusty Bolt Has VW Recalling 2.86 Million Cars Worldwide. Here Are the 208,724 in America.
If you own a 2018 Tiguan, a 2018–2019 Atlas or a 2019–2021 Audi Q3, one...
Kentucky Wants Street Racers to Watch Their Cars Get Crushed. The Bill Keeps Dying Anyway.
Kentucky's HB 425 would have let a judge order a street racer's car destroyed. It died April 15. Louisville, Las…
Nashville Can Vote Racing Out of the Fairgrounds. The Track Rebuild Is Still Only a Plan.
A petition with nearly 75,000 signatures could remove racing from Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, but Metro's 30-year bond payments on the…
NASCAR Driver Hit With $850,002 Verdict in ‘Criminal Conversation’ Affair Lawsuit — Including $1 in Punitive Damages
A North Carolina jury found the former NASCAR truck racer liable under two centuries-old "heart balm" laws, then set punitive…
Your ‘Full Synthetic’ Oil Usually Starts at a Refinery. That’s Why the Hormuz Mess Is Hitting Your Oil Change.
Most drivers picture synthetic oil as something cooked up in a lab, safely walled off...
Forget the Bizarre Court Video. Someone Drove a Marked Cop Car Right Out of the Sheriff’s Own HQ.
A marked Broward Sheriff's Charger ended up abandoned 100 miles up I-95. The viral court clip is a sideshow. The…
Florida Kicked the Plate Cameras Off Its Highways. The Ones That Mail You Tickets Keep Spreading.
Florida pulled license plate readers off state highways. Red-light, school-zone and school bus cameras that mail tickets are still spreading,…
Watch: A Semi’s Brakes Went Up in Smoke on I-70. Colorado Built a Pile of Gravel for Exactly This Moment.
A semi with smoking brakes bailed into a runaway truck ramp on Colorado's I-70. Here's how the ramps work, why…
The Repo Man Can Take Your Car. He Can’t Take Your Subprime Loan With It.
Subprime car loan delinquencies are climbing again after a record January. The bigger story is what happens after repossession: lenders…
Norway Sealed a Chinese Bus Inside a Mountain to Find Its Kill Switch. A Romanian SIM Card Was Holding It.
Oslo's transit agency sealed a Yutong electric bus inside a mountain and found its maker could reach the power system…
Watch: A Plate Camera Snitched on a Stolen Honda in Miami-Dade. The Chase Ended With It on Its Roof.
A Flock plate camera led Florida troopers to a stolen Honda in seconds. Stopping it took two PIT attempts and…