Arabtoday - Tag

NHTSA

US rejects Ford petition to delay recall of 3m vehicles

Washington - Arab Today

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it was rejecting a petition by Ford Motor Co. to delay recalling about 3 million vehicles with potentially defective air bag inflators to conduct additional testing. The agency said it did not find the request by the second largest US automaker “reasonable under the circumstances or supported by the testingRead more

US regulators open probe into recall of nearly 1.7m Hyundai, Kia models

Washington/Seoul - Arab Today

US safety regulators have opened a formal investigation into the recall of nearly 1.7 million vehicles by Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motor Corp. over engine defects, according to filings published Saturday. A South Korean whistleblower reported concerns last year to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which will probe the timeliness of three recalls carried outRead more

Tesla cleared of autopilot defects

Chicago - Arab Today

US regulators have cleared Tesla after an investigation proved no evidence of fault or defect in the Tesla S electronic systems. The investigation centered on the death of a man whose Model S collided with a crane while he was using the car’s autopilot system. After a six-month investigation, a report said the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)Read more

Tesla cleared of autopilot defects

Washington - Arab Today

Crash test dummies sacrifice lives for car safety

Washington - Arab Today

Clad in a blue t-shirt and shorts, the average-size "man" is belted into a luxury S for a very short ride with a very abrupt end. The collision sounded like an explosion and left the pristine electric car destroyed, glass and debris scattered around the sad remains. The "man" -- a technology-packed, 180-pound (80 kg) crash test dummy -- wasRead more

US ends probe of Tesla fatal crash without seeking recall

Washington - Arab Today

Tesla Motors Inc. will not face a recall or fine as a result of a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, but US safety regulators are warning auto manufacturers and drivers not to treat semiautonomous cars as if they were fully self-driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it found that the system had no safety defectsRead more

Tesla driver killed on 'autopilot' mode, US probe

Washington - Arab Today

Tesla said a driver was killed while using its "autopilot" self-driving mechanism on its Model S electric car, leading to a US federal safety investigation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that it has opened a "preliminary evaluation" into the performance of Autopilot after the electric car company notified the agency of a fatal crash in Florida inRead more

Takata ordered to recall additional 35-40 million defective airbags installed in US cars

Washington - XINHUA

Japanese airbag maker Takata has been ordered by the US government to recall additional 35 to 40 million defective airbags installed in U.S. vehicles by December 2019. Under the Amended Consent Order issued to Takata this week, the company is required to recall an additional estimated 35-40 million inflators using in the airbags, said the U.S. National Highway Traffic SafetyRead more

Volkswagen Recalls eGolf for Stalling

Washington - AFP

Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 5,561 eGolf electric cars in the 2015 and 2016 model years because of potential stalling, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The problem is tied to oversensitive diagnostics for the high-voltage battery management system, NHTSA said. A false detection of an electrical surge might result in the vehicle’s electric drive motor shuttingRead more