Car Accident
Ford issues six recalls covering 380,000 vehicles
Ford issues six recalls covering 380,000 vehicles Ford Motor Co. has issued six new recalls covering more than 380,000 vehicles for a variety of different defects. The largest recall covers 342,000 previously recalled older Windstar vehicles for a rear axle inspection. Corrosion and stress can lead to cracks in the axle, and if undetected, the…
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NHTSA investigating BMW after slow recall pace
NHTSA investigating BMW after slow recall pace NHTSA will be investigating BMW’s failure to recall more than 30,000 Mini Coopers in a timely matter after the vehicles did not meet side impact crash standards. Just a few short months after safety regulators fined Fiat Chrysler $105 million after investigating the company’s lagging to issue 23…
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Protect Your Teen Drivers with the “5 to Drive” Campaign
Protect Your Teen Drivers with the “5 to Drive” Campaign The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching its “5 to Drive” campaign again this year for National Teen Driver Safety Week. The campaign works to encourage parents to talk to their teen drivers about rules for the road in hopes that teens will drive…
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Recaro Recalling Car Seats for Tether Safety Issue
Recaro Recalling Car Seats for Tether Safety Issue Recaro Child Safety is recalling 173,063 child safety restraint seats due to an issue with the top tether anchorage that can detach from the child restraint. Unfortunately, the recall comes as a bad time, just after Child Passenger Safety Week kicked off across the nation. The affected…
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Takata Air Bag Recall Potentially Expanding to 7 more Automakers
Takata Air Bag Recall Potentially Expanding to 7 more Automakers Seven more automakers could be facing large recalls due to the fact they use airbag inflators manufactured by Takata. As of this year, there have been nearly 23.4 million Takata airbag inflators recalled on 19.2 million vehicles in the United States due to the fact…
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Nissan recalls 300,000 small cars and NHTSA upgrades investigation of seat sensors
Nissan recalls 300,000 small cars and NHTSA upgrades investigation of seat sensors Nissan is recalling nearly 300,000 small vehicles over a potential trim panel defect near the accelerator pedal that could trap a driver’s foot. This could cause unintended acceleration or delayed breaking and result in an accident. The recall is a result of the…
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AutoNation to Stop Selling Vehicles Under Recall
AutoNation to Stop Selling Vehicles Under Recall AutoNation Inc. will no longer sell vehicles that have an open safety recall, even at great cost, because it’s the “right thing to do.” After CarMax was held under fire for selling vehicles with safety defects and open recalls, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson announced that the country’s largest…
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Featured Case: Defective Vehicle Leads to Wrongful Death and Serious Injuries
Featured Case: Defective Vehicle Leads to Wrongful Death and Serious Injuries Our clients’ daughter purchased a used vehicle in March of 2012. Later that same year, their daughter was driving with her daughter in the back seat when the vehicle for unknown reasons veered left and proceeded into oncoming traffic. As a result, their daughter’s…
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NHTSA Declined to Probe Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration
NHTSA Declined to Probe Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has rejected a probe from an electrical engineer to investigate low-speed unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Gopal Raghavan from Thousand Oaks, California, an electrical engineer with a doctorate degree from Stanford University, filed a petition with the government safety agency…
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CarMax may be selling recalled vehicles with lethal safety defects
CarMax may be selling recalled vehicles with lethal safety defects Consumer safety advocates along with Senator Richard Blumenthal are claiming that CarMax is selling “certified” recalled vehicles with dangerous safety defects. Sen. Blumenthal is requesting that the Federal Trade Commission do something to stop CarMax from selling these vehicles. An investigation by the Consumers for…
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