Issues

2011 Car Book “Best Bets”

May 7, 2012

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Critics Blast Tire Pressure Warning Systems

May 7, 2012

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?

May 7, 2012

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.

Feds take their time addressing safety concerns about the rear of tractor trailers – 5/4/2012

May 7, 2012

By Brendan McLaughlin

Clayton-based Enterprise criticized for stance on rental car safety bill

May 7, 2012

By Bill Lambrecht

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What Doesn’t NHTSA Want You to Know About Auto Safety

April 27, 2012

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ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires

April 20, 2012

ABC 11 Raleigh Series on Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires

House Energy & Commerce Hearings on E15-E85, 4-17-12

April 19, 2012

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H.R. 4345, The Domestic Fuels Protection Act of 2012

 

April 19, 2012

CAS Renews Request to Recall Jeep Grand Cherokee After Second 4-Year Old’s Fire Death in Child Seat in Rear Crash

April 5, 2012

Click here to view the letter to Chrysler CEO Marchionne

Jeep Grand Cherokee Fires Homepage

Owners of Nissan Trucks and S.U.V.’s Report Transmission Failures

April 5, 2012

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…