Issues
Critics Blast Tire Pressure Warning Systems
September 23, 2006
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times
Nothing but compressed air, certainly not the rubber tread on the tires, keeps your vehicle suspended over the road.
So, the amount of air in tires is vitally important, a fact relentlessly driven home by safety experts but ignored by many motorists.
Run-Flat Tires: Solving a Problem or Creating One?
Christopher Jensen
New York Times
March 11, 2007
RUN-FLAT tires, which have been offered on some new cars for the last few years, are a soothing security blanket. They can be driven for miles after losing their air, allowing drivers to delay fixing a flat until there is a safe place to stop and avoiding a harrowing tire change along a busy highway.
But consumers have begun to report problems with the tires.
Clayton-based Enterprise criticized for stance on rental car safety bill
By Bill Lambrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires
ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires
House Energy & Commerce Hearings on E15-E85, 4-17-12
Click here to view the hearing website
H.R. 4345, The Domestic Fuels Protection Act of 2012
April 19, 2012
Owners of Nissan Trucks and S.U.V.’s Report Transmission Failures
Owners of some of Nissan’s most popular S.U.V.’s and pickup trucks are experiencing failures of their automatic transmissions because radiator coolant is leaking into the systems. While the automaker has offered an extended warranty for the radiators, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other safety organizations have received numerous complaints from owners alleging they…