Toyota has announced that it will expand the recall announced last year for a rust problem with 2000 – 2003 Toyota Tundra models. Undercarriage rust on first generation Tundras could cause the spare tire to detach from the truck. Toyota has already recalled trucks in northern states, and is now expanding the recall to [...]
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Automakers Adding Brake Override Systems In Wake of Unintended Acceleration Recalls
Posted in Safety, Software in Cars on Mar 9th, 2010
Mazda has announced that starting soon, all of the company’s new cars will be equipped with brake override systems. The brake override system gives the brake pedal priority over the gas if they are ever both pressed at the same time. Nissan already uses a brake override system and Toyota has also announced [...]
Toyota Corolla Owners Complain of Steering Problems at High Speeds
Posted in Quality, Recalls, Safety, Software in Cars, Toyota on Feb 10th, 2010
Things can’t get much worse for Toyota. The latest in a long line of problems with the once reliable brand’s cars may be a steering problem caused by the computer on 2009 and 2010 Corollas. According to USA Today, Corolla owners are complaining that their cars suddenly become hard to control at high [...]
Toyota Vehicles Could Lose Resale Value Because of Unintended Acceleration
Posted in Quality, Recalls, Safety, Toyota, resale values on Feb 5th, 2010
Toyota vehicles, even those not affected by the unintended acceleration problem, will likely lose some of their famously high resale value thanks to Toyota’s recent quality problems. According to USA Today, both Kelley Blue Book and ALG agree that Toyota vehicles will depreciate four to five percent more thanks to the unintended acceleration recall.
Toyota [...]
People Injured by Defective Chrysler and GM Vehicles are On Their Own
Posted in Automotive, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Cost of Ownership, GM, Recalls, Safety on Jun 23rd, 2009
A report by Safety Research and Strategies says that more than 3,400 Americans will be injured or killed by defective GM and Chrysler products in the first year after bankruptcy. Since Chrysler and most likely GM won’t be held liable for any defects on vehicles sold before their bankruptcies, all those people will have nobody [...]
Mitsubishi and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have started a recall program on 21,493 Outlander vehicles equipped with L.E.D. brake lamps. Apparently the “brake lamp switch may malfunction and cause them not to light up during brake application”, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
“The failure of the brake lamps to illuminate [...]
RECALL: 214,500 Lexus Vehicles Recalled Over Possible Fuel Leak
Posted in Lexus, Luxury vehicles, Recalls, Safety, Toyota on Jan 20th, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp has just announced that they will recall about 214,500 Lexus luxury cars sold in the United States. The reason for the recall is that corrosion in a pipe that delivers fuel to the engine could lead to leaks over time.
Toyota launched the recall program along with the National Highway Traffic and Safety [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for 6,680 2009 Kia Rondo minivans. The problem seems to be with the Rondo’s fuel pump which might fail.
Here is the recall summary posted by the NHTSA:
KIA IS RECALLING 6,680 MY 2008-2009 RONDO LX AND EX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.4 LITER ENGINE. [...]
Makers Of The HANS Neck Restraint Device Sue Competitor
Posted in Safety on Dec 16th, 2008
The HANS device has revolutionized motor racing safety. It works buy restricting certain movements of the next to prevent serious injury in the event of a racing accident. The devices have proven their worth countless times during competition use.
It’s no surprise then that when HANS Performance Products found out a competitor was producing a very [...]
In a rather bizarre recall, BMW is in the process of recalling all 2007-2008 Mini Cooper S models. The bizarre thing isn’t the recall itself, but rather what it was for. Apparently, the problem is that the sporty tailpipe on the Cooper S’s exhaust system protrudes far enough out that if you were to get [...]
