A Tacoma and Corvette Merge Fight Ended in a Soot Cloud. EPA Says 550,000-Plus Diesel Pickups Had Emissions Controls Removed
EPA counts more than 550,000 diesel pickups stripped of emissions controls. A Tacoma merge clip shows what that hardware is…
Safety
Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Crashes: Who Does a Car Accident Lawyer Blame?
A Florida jury put 67 percent of a fatal Autopilot crash on the driver, yet Tesla owes $242.57 million. How…
GM Is Recalling 67,380 EVs Over Brake Software While NHTSA’s Probe Into the Lyriq’s Brake Module Swells From 3,322 Cars to 1.16 Million
GM told federal regulators on October 29 that a software defect in the brake system...
Flash Flood Weather Can Stall a Car in 6 Inches of Water, and Liability-Only Coverage Won’t Pay to Fix It
Six inches of water reaches the bottom of most passenger cars, the National Weather Service...
A Single Weekend of ‘Bay to LA’ Takeovers Netted 22 LASD Arrests, More Than the 20 in All of Q1 2026
Twenty-two arrests in one weekend. The Sheriff’s Department logged 20 in all of Q1. Before...
Ford Says a Supplier Changed an Anti-Rust Oil, and 11,623 Lincoln Hybrids Can Shift Into Neutral on the Road
Ford says a supplier changed an anti-rust oil without telling it. The Lincoln Nautilus Hybrid recall covers 11,623 vehicles that…
GM’s L87 Recall Set a Cutoff Date and a Fix. NHTSA Is Now Checking Both
NHTSA's L87 engine investigation now covers 997,743 GM trucks and SUVs, with failures reported after the recall repair and in…
NHTSA Reviews Petition Alleging Ford’s 7.3L V8 Idles at 6 PSI of Oil Pressure, Then Got a 1,000-RPM Software Patch and No Recall
NHTSA opened defect petition DP26011 on Ford's 7.3L gasoline V8 in 54,787 E-350, F-59 and F-750 vehicles. It is a…
A Des Moines Light-Violation Stop Ended With a PIT Maneuver and Two People Dead
A Des Moines officer stopped an SUV near the airport at about 10:30 p.m. on...
Land Rover Is Drilling Drain Holes in 93,997 Range Rover Tailgates Because Water Keeps Pooling on the Backup Camera
JLR's recall 26V678 covers 93,997 Range Rovers whose tailgate can pool water around the rearview camera.
Watch: Albuquerque Mom Filmed Swinging a Bat at a Pickup With Her Kids in the Car Stays Jailed, Then a Judge Refuses To Reconsider
A New Mexico judge refused to free an Albuquerque mother charged with child abuse after a viral bat video. Here…
A 5,500-Gallon Chemical Leak Near Jeep’s Toledo Wrangler Plant Forced a 1-Mile Evacuation, Then Stellantis Canceled Two Shifts
Toledo Fire & Rescue ordered everyone within a mile of 1266 Progress Ave. in North...
Six Cars Stopped for a Dummy in a Warning Vest, Then Nearly All Missed One in Road-Crew Work Clothing, ADAC Found
ADAC's night tests of six cars found emergency braking missed adults in work clothing and children in reflective gear, in…
Tesla Owner Says He Couldn’t Find the Door Release After a Head-On Crash and Fire, Then NHTSA Denied His Petition and Promised a Rulemaking
NHTSA denied a defect petition on the 2022 Tesla Model 3 mechanical door release, citing one complaint and a safety…
VW Didn’t Give a Deputy a Carjacked Atlas’s Location Because a Free Trial Expired, Mother Alleges, and Now a Chicago Judge Has Let Her Suit Proceed
A federal judge in Chicago denied motions to dismiss a suit alleging Volkswagen withheld a carjacked Atlas’s location from a…