Smart Summon. In January of 2025, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in low speed crashes during active sessions. Tesla Smart Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a smart phone …
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Illegal air bag inflators blamed for deaths and injuries
Air bag inflators The Transportation Department is weighing a permanent ban on the sale of Chinese air bag inflators in the U.S. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation in October 2025 into air bags illegally imported from China. That investigation has concluded that the air bags are responsible for the deaths …
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Ford recalls nearly 2.36 million vehicles
Recalls from Ford Just in time for NHTSA‘s Vehicle Safety Recalls Week (March 2-8), Ford recalls some 2.36 million vehicles in a three day stretch. Over 1.7 million of them alone are for potential rear view camera failures. We’ve seen way too many of these over the last few years over what should be a …
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Tesla rear door back-up open issue prompts @NHTSA follow-up
Tesla door We’ve now sent a second letter to NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), this time concerning a Tesla rear door back-up open issue. We did this earlier when we could not figure out how to access Rivian rear door latch mechanical back-up. Regular mail is the only option available in cases such as …
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Latest appropriations bill shines a light on headlight brightness
Light brightness The Soft Lights Foundation reported recently that headlight brightness is —hopefully — to get some amount of attention from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). As the organization notes, it’s only a suggestion, but it’s a start. We’ve covered this topic twice, here and here. This comes in the form of an …
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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 of a power loss, have created their own rear door back-up exit fix. My sister-in-law sent the two pictures that follow, which is a clever variation on solutions found on various Tesla forums for her …
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CR asks red or yellow turn signals?
Red or yellow. Consumer Reports (CR) published an article on the use of red or yellow turn signals — “Why Do Some Cars Have Red Turn Signals and Others Yellow?” Curiosity drew a read, which turned out to have a truly serious side. While regulations in the States allow either, a National Highway Traffic Safety …
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