The 2025 Traverse Brake Fix Is Free Until 36,000 Miles. A Federal Probe Could Change That.
Two Philadelphia class actions say five 2025 GM models have master cylinders that fail. GM's free warranty fixes are its…
Safety
IIHS Tested 11 Work Vans and Pickups for Crash Avoidance. Seven Flunked, and the Only Van With No Weak Spot Is One GM Already Killed
In IIHS's first crash avoidance ratings for cargo vans and Class 3 pickups, seven of 11 rated poor with a…
Families Say Two Kids Survived a Chevy Bolt Crash, Then Died in the Battery Fire. California Let Those Damages Expire on Jan. 1
Families say a rented 2023 Chevy Bolt's battery fire killed two children and two adults after a 2024 head-on crash…
Toyota’s All-New RAV4 Plug-in Can Lose Power at Speed. Yes, the Last One Did That Too
Toyota is recalling about 31,000 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrids whose hybrid system can shut down at speed. The plug-in's previous…
Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Accused of Speeding Through School Zones. Texas Already Knows Whose Name Goes on the Ticket: Tesla’s
NHTSA is weighing a defect petition on about 1,000 Tesla Robotaxis accused of speeding in active school zones. With no…
NHTSA Is Finally Taking Aim at Headlights That Blind You. It Told Congress What Was Wrong in 2007
NHTSA is convening its first negotiated rulemaking on vehicle lighting in more than 25 years. Whether glare gets better depends…
A Heathrow Parking Firm Promised a Covered Compound. Customers’ Cars Got a Field.
A Heathrow meet-and-greet firm left customers' cars in a field, on roadsides and in the airport's own short-stay lot. The…
Georgia’s Lift-Kit Law Exempts Basically Every Pickup Since 2011. A Wrongful-Death Suit Wants a Jury to Draw the Line.
Georgia's 2024 suspension law exempts any truck with federally compliant stability control. A Gwinnett wrongful-death suit over a lifted F-150…
Chicago’s Speed Cameras Spat Out a Ticket Every 17 Seconds in 2024. Most Were for 6 to 10 MPH Over.
City records show Chicago mailed 1.84 million speed camera tickets in 2024. The $35 tier for 6 to 10 mph…
Corvette Driver Hit 147 MPH on A1A the Day He Bought It and Killed a Couple in a Jeep. He’s Getting 47 Years.
A Corvette driver hit 147 mph on A1A in Ormond-by-the-Sea, killed a couple in their Jeep and got 47 years.…
Eleven Dead, Zero Importers Named: NHTSA’s DTN Airbag Order Has a Who-Pays Problem
NHTSA's April order tells whoever imported DTN60DB airbag inflators to notify owners and fix them. Eleven deaths in, the agency…
Georgia Wrongful-Death Suit Goes After the Dealer, the Installer and the Maker of a Six-Inch F-150 Lift
Most lifted-truck lawsuits go after the driver and stop there. This one goes after everyone...
Every Major Car Recall From the Last 60 Days, in One Place. Go Check Your VIN.
Jeep, Ram, Ford, GM, Toyota, Volkswagen and Rivian lead a busy 60 days of car recalls. Here is every major…
A Georgia Widow Is Suing Over the Lift Kit on the F-150 That Hit Her Husband Head-On, Two Years After the State Exempted Most Modern Lifted Trucks
A Georgia widow's suit targets the dealer, installer and makers of the lift kit on the F-150 in her husband's…
Watch: Empty CNG Car Explodes During Refueling at a Gujarat Station, Damaging Two Other Vehicles — Now Officials Are Trying to Find Out Why
A CNG car exploded while being refueled near Karjan, Gujarat, on Oct. 1. The cause is unconfirmed, and the cylinder…