Read the manual. On July 22nd, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) finished a review of a defect petition received on November 24, 2025 . The petition alleged that the controls for the emergency mechanical door release are not accessible and clearly identifiable and thus failed to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard …
Category: Vehicle safety
A gathering of posts that report on recalls and other safety issues.
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/08/china-recalls-evs-over-electronic-door-handles-ignoring-non-evs/
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Some 463,000 Hyundai, Kia vehicles must park outside due to fire risk
Park outside. This past week, three recall notices from Hyundai and Kia called for 462,883 Telluride, Ioniq 5, EV6 and EV9 vehicles to park outside due to potential fire risks. The vast majority — 462,869 — touch 2020 through 2024 Kia Telluride models. In these vehicles, the front power seat motor may overheat due to …
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New Tesla crash while on AutoPilot suggests 3rd party oversight needed
AutoPilot. A new Tesla crash with AutoPilot engaged has headlines screaming coast to coast and perhaps further. Video shows the vehicle racing down a side street and slamming into a brick home. Sadly, a resident in the home was killed. Data is fed to Tesla in real time and the company made a rare acknowledgement …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/06/new-tesla-crash-while-on-autopilot-suggests-3rd-party-oversight/
“Self” self driving
Self driving. Back only a week or so, I did a piece discussing the “wonder” that Tesla AutoPilot users attribute on X to the software, that it saved their lives here or saved a pedestrian there etc. Each of these comments would be accompanied by video proof. Each time it felt as though each of …
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Ford recalls nearly 260,000 cars — again
Ford recalls. Precious Ford recalls are getting a recall because the vehicles were “previously repaired incorrectly”. Now, its not the first time a company has had to redo a previous fix. But what stands out is that the recalls are for vastly different problems even as they are from the same manufacturer. Both were announced …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/06/ford-recalls-nearly-260000-cars-again/
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China recalls EVs over electronic door handles, ignoring non-EVs
Electronic door handles. On an issue we’ve harped on since 2015, China recently announced a recall of millions of electric vehicles (EVs), from foreign to domestic car makers, to have interior mechanical door handle releases replaced so that they stand out. This is in fact great news, and was reported by InsideEVs. But it forgets …
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