Vehicle safety

A gathering of posts that report on recalls and other safety issues.

General Motors recalls nearly 50,000 trucks and SUVs on the same issue

General Motors recalls The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported two General Motors recalls that concern a transmission control…

11 hours ago

Always mount your best tires on the rear!

Tires Tires have been a big focus of late: I've replaced all four and followed that up by clipping a…

4 weeks ago

Tesla customers create a rear door back-up exit fix

Rear door back-up exit fix Tesla's own customers, concerned about the safety of their back seat passengers in the event…

2 months ago

Our focus on safety first finally nets its own category

Safety first We added a new vehicle safety category this week. It was a curious oversight given that we consider…

2 months ago

Rivian rear door back-up issue prompts letter to @NHTSA

Rivian rear door A post from several days ago discussed the inability to access Rivian rear door latch mechanical back-up.…

2 months ago

Rivian rear door mechanical exit fails the test

Rivian rear door We got access to a Rivian R1T and tested front and rear door mechanical back-up open options…

2 months ago

Serious recalls hit Volkswagen Group

Recalls hit Volkswagen The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a spate of recalls in the last two days,…

3 months ago

More fire risk seen in new Jeep recall

Jeep recall On the heels of a recall item we posted yesterday noting a fire risk in Jeep hybrid vehicles…

3 months ago

Jeep follows BMW with a park outside recall

Park outside Earlier this month, Chrysler issued a recall for 320,065 Jeep plug-in hybrid vehicles because of a risk of…

3 months ago

Rear-view camera display failures continue to dominate recalls

Rear-view camera Other recall issues tend to get the attention, but rear-view camera display failures continue to dominate National Highway…

4 months ago