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Should Toyota be held liable for this woman’s death?
Should Toyota be held liable for this woman’s death? Noriko Uno was 66-years-old when she died after her Toyota Camry struck a telephone pole and tree. Her family filed a lawsuit against Toyota for her death and for failure to install a brake override safety system on her vehicle. The Camry allegedly had an unintended acceleration problem…
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Lane Departure Indicators Doing More Harm than Good
Lane Departure Indicators Doing More Harm than Good You would think that with improved safety technology in vehicles there would be less auto collisions; however it seems as if some systems are having the opposite effect. Over the past few years we have seen automated low speed braking, adaptive headlights, hands-free headsets, and lane departure…
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Recall for Over 355,000 Ford Crown Victorias Including Police and Limousine Fleets
Recall for Over 355,000 Ford Crown Victorias Including Police and Limousine Fleets When several incidents occurred with police officers losing control of their squad cars, the National Highway and Safety Traffic Administration started an investigation. They found that the steering on certain models was malfunctioning. Severe corrosion or rust can and was causing the upper…
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Honda Civic Scores Highest for Small Cars in New Crash Test
Honda Civic Scores Highest for Small Cars in New Crash Test In a new insurance industry crash test, the Honda Civic was the only small car to earn a top rating. The test measured the damages and injuries when a car crashes into an immovable object such as a post or tree from an angle on 25%…
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Stuck accelerator on Kia Sorento causes Iowa woman to drive up to 115 mph on major roadway
Stuck accelerator on Kia Sorento causes Iowa woman to drive up to 115 mph on major roadway Lauri Ulvestad, 47 from Iowa, was driving home from visiting a friend Aug. 19 when the accelerator in her 2011 Kia Sorento SUV became stuck. A dash-camera video captured by the Missouri State Highway Patrol officers who soon…
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Is bigger always better?
Is bigger always better? Typically in United States, people tend to have the perception that bigger is better and, in the case of vehicles, safer. Is that really true? According to research, it is most often true. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) revealed that the only category of vehicles with a higher fatality…
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Ford and NHTSA Slip Up Costing Many People Their Lives
Ford and NHTSA Slip Up Costing Many People Their Lives Most people would consider the death of a young girl enough to do a Recall Query, but in the case of the Ford Escape, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) didn’t feel that it was necessary. In January 2012, Saige Bloom, a 17-year-old driver, in Payson,…
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Nissan Recalls Altima Sedans for Tire Issue
Nissan is recalling over 123,000 Altima sedans for having issues with their spare tires. The spare could be significantly over- or underinflated. Altimas that were made in 2013 between March 21 and March 26 were affected. The issue came from a malfunctioning pressure regulator in Canton, Mississippi plant. The malfunctioning equipment has been repaired. Because tires that…
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Cooper Tire gets hit with a $328 million verdict in Iowa court
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a $32.8 million award against Cooper Tire Rubber Co. confirming that the verdict lined up with the evidence. The case started in 2007 with a rollover crash that killed Assata Karlar, 27, and paralyzed Ivan Toe, 42. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 65 and involved a van with 7 people inside. The…
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Jeep Fires Up Literally
Jeep Fires Jenelle Embrey experienced something that would change her life, and hopefully change the fate of others. In 2012, Embrey’s father, Harry Hamilton asked her to go for a ride to show off his new PT Cruiser. While sitting in a traffic jam on Insterstate 81 in Virginia, Embrey and her father were rear-ended…
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