Vehicle safety

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 months 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…

5 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…

5 months ago

Rivian rear door back-up open 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.…

5 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…

6 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,…

6 months ago

Rivian models added to our Get Out page

Get out page We have hosted a Get Out page for some 10 years since the day we learned of…

6 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…

6 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…

6 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…

7 months ago