Issues
Toyota and Subaru Offer Conflicting Software Fix Advice
DETROIT (AP) — Now hiring in Detroit: Scads of software developers and programmers.
GM moves to bring computer technology in-house – 10/8/12
Firmware Forensics: Best Practices in Embedded Software Source-Code Discovery
10/27/2011
Phony Airbags: What To Do If You Have Them On Your Car
As we mentioned yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued an alert to U.S. car owners, warning them that their car could be carrying counterfeit airbags.
Although NHTSA says that no deaths or injuries have been associated with the recently discovered glut of fake airbags, the devices have performed miserably in tests. In some cases, they’ve expelled metal shrapnel into vehicles, and in other cases, the bags haven’t deployed at all.
How can you be sure that your vehicle’s airbags are legit?
Government Investigates 88,000 Honda Pilots for Faulty Brakes
Spurred by a complaint from an owner in Massachusetts, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into whether almost 88,000 Honda Pilots from the 2005 model year may have a defect in which the brakes are applied without warning.
The announcement of the investigation (PDF) was posted early on Friday on the agency’s Web site.
The safety agency began looking into the issue as the result of a defect petition (PDF) filed by Carrie Carvalho of Arlington, Mass.