US probes complaints of parts flying off of Ford Explorers
The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that windshield trim panels can fly off of Ford Explorers while they're traveling at highway speeds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 164 complaints about the trim pieces detaching on 2011 through 2019 Explorer SUVs. The parts could hit the windshield of following vehicles or even a motorcycle rider, possibly causing loss of control and a crash, the agency said.
news.yahoo.comUS ends probe into Ford SUV exhaust issues without a recall
The U.S. government's road safety agency has closed a more than six-year investigation into exhaust odors in Ford Explorer passenger cabins, determining that the SUVs don't have high levels of carbon monoxide and don't need to be recalled. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it reviewed more than 6,500 consumer complaints, tested SUVs in the field and called in automotive, medical, environmental health and occupational safety experts before making the determination. NHTSA said it received multiple complaints of sickness and crashes caused by the exhaust fumes that involved three deaths and 657 injuries.
news.yahoo.comThird air bag death confirmed, owners urged to get repairs
Stellantis and U.S. safety regulators have confirmed that an exploding Takata air bag inflator has killed another driver. The company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reiterated warnings to owners of 274,000 older Dodge and Chrysler vehicles to stop driving them until faulty inflators are replaced. Stellantis announced two deaths in November caused by the air bags and said it suspected the inflators caused another.
news.yahoo.com11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles
Eleven additional people were in crashes involving vehicles using automated driving systems during a four-month period earlier this year, according to newly released government data, part of an alarming pattern of incidents linked to the technology.
Family: Man killed in crash never got air bag recall notice
When Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrived at a crash scene in the Panhandle this summer, they found a 23-year-old Navy officer dead at the wheel with neck wounds that initially looked like a possible shooting. A trooper later messaged the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that injuries were from the deployment of an air bag in the 2006 Ford Ranger pickup in the July accident in Pensacola. The NHTSA recall notices for the 2006 Ford Ranger underline the urgency, saying owners shouldn't drive these vehicles “unless you are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired.”
news.yahoo.comAfter missing its own deadline, NHTSA announces side-impact crash-test standard for child car seats
The new rules come after 2020 reports by ProPublica/CBS News found some booster seats received a passing grade during side-impact crash tests — though test dummies were violently tossed around during tests.
cbsnews.comProject Roadblock: Let’s keep our roads safe this holiday season
According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety administration, more than 10,100 died in drunk driving accidents on U.S. roadways in 2019. While that's the lowest total since records started being kept in 1982, consider this: every day, about 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 52 minutes.