e Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio. Its Fuel Cell Unit Assembly that powers the vehicle is produced at Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC in Brownstown, Michigan, a joint-venture with General Motors. According to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the leak can result from insufficient adhesive sealant following a process change, or burrs in the wobble joint O-ring groove due to a missing...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/19

t can trick the front corner radar sensors into falsely detecting a vehicle merging and triggering the brakes. While only affecting about 483 Genesis G90s from model years 2023 through 2026, the recall is noteworthy from the technical aspect. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that the subject vehicles are equipped with Highway Drive Assist (HDA), an advanced driving assistance system that allows semi-autonomous ...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/13

ouncement were not expressive, but nodded softly as Trump proposed the idea. Trump did not say if EV or ICE propulsion would be preferred or acceptable in the small vehicles. The following day on December 4, Secretary Duffy that he is working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “clear the deck” for domestic manufacturing of the mini-cars. “Are they going to work on the freeways? Probably not,” Duffy said, no...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/06

Trump administration proposes to reset CAFE standards On December 3, the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy alongside U.S. President Donald Trump announced the administration’s new “Freedom Means Affordable Cars” proposal to reset the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards.The new proposal would apply to passenger cars and light trucks for model years...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/04

and his wife who died at the scene, even after the bystanders “attempted to use a baseball bat to break the car windows”. The lawsuit is one of many filed in 2025 that similarly point to doors not being able to be opened in an emergency. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) disclosed in September that it is investigating whether some Tesla doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped work...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/26

vehicles, including 2020-2023 Hyundai Sonatas vehicles equipped with 1.6-liter turbocharged engines that were produced by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama manufactured between October 22, 2019 and October 7, 2023. On those vehicles, the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that the purge control system check valve which controls the direction of airflow from the charcoal canister to the engine may deteriorate...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/22

e an instrument panel can fail and may not display at startup, leaving the driver without critical safety information. The recall includes 128,607 Ford Bronco Sports, model years 2025-2026 and 101,002 Ford Broncos, also model years 2025-2026, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said. NHTSA says that a blank IPC screen upon startup may render safety-related telltales and gauges unreadable in certain conditions. If drive...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/22

are error that may cause a potential loss of drive power. "Due to a software error, the integrated control module (ICM) central processing unit (CPU) may reset while driving, causing a loss of drive power," Honda said in an acknowledgement to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA report said that during the development of the ICM’s CPU abnormality monitoring software, the supplier did not fully understand th...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/19

Honda recalls over 406,290 Civics in U.S. over wheel detachment problem On November 6, Honda announced it is recalling 406,290 units of 2016 to 2021 model year vehicles over 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels sold as accessories, citing a possible manufacturing error. Honda sold more than 1.9 million Civics in the U.S in those five model years. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that the wheel could detach from the ve...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/08

Toyota recalls 1.1 million North American vehicles for rearview camera issue On November 4, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing issued a recall for 1,024,407 vehicles in the U.S. because of a rearview camera image that may not display,  according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Transport Canada says in a recall notice that 99,178 vehicles are affected in Canada. Toyota is recalling 102 Toyota and Lexus mo...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/06

-in hybrid powertrain are affected as the issue has been traced to the hybrid system’s battery pack, supplied by Samsung SDI America. The high-voltage battery pack may have been built with cells susceptible to separator damage, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Stellantis says only around 5% of the recalled vehicles are likely affected. Until the remedy is determined, Jeep owners are being asked to ke...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/05

ed to control itself with software that remains well short of true Level 4 or Level 5 autonomy, Denholm made clear that Tesla is flexible, saying “If we have to have a steering wheel, it can have a steering wheel and pedals”.  Currently, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) only allows manufacturers to deploy up to 2,500 autonomous vehicles per year without traditional controls. Denholm noted that Tesla is willing ...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/01

U.S. NHTSA opens 3 probes into 708,369 Honda vehicles over safety issues On October 30, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it has launched separate investigations into about 708,369 Honda vehicles over potential defects involving rear seatbelt warnings and inadvertent airbag deployments. NHTSA is examining 441,002 units of the 2018-2022 Honda Odyssey minivan, following complaints that side airbags deployed u...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/31

U.S. NHTSA expands probe into 286,000 GM vehicles over engine failure risk On October 27, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it is expanding its probe into 286,000 GM vehicles in the U.S. over a possible engine failure issue, following several complaints despite an earlier recall. NHTSA said the issue stems from engine bearing failures in GM's L87 6.2-liter engine installed in the 2019-2021, 2024 Chevrolet S...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/28

Ram recalls 291,664 ProMaster vans over electric fans On October 24, Stellantis announce it was recalling 291,664 201-2026 Ram ProMaster vehicles, which for North America are assembled at the Saltillo van plant in Mexico. According to recall documents on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website, demanding fleet duty cycles may cause premature bearing wear, a condition that leads to high current draw, that combined w...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/28

following a recent disastrous over-the-air software update that caused range of issues after resetting, including loss of communication and loss of power, including vehicles that completely shut down, or “bricked” themselves. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the software update may have caused “incomplete communication between the Telematics Box Module and the Hybrid Control Processor.” This, N...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/25

pany is recalling 7,925 Model Ys and 5,038 Model 3s produced from March through August 2025. The problem stems from a faulty battery pack connection part, which can lead to loss of propulsion without warning, Tesla said in documents posted on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website. Affected vehicles are equipped with a battery pack contactor manufactured with InTiCa solenoid which may suddenly open due to poor coi...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/24

Lucid recalls 2024-2026 Air RWD vehicles over improperly secured half-shaft bolts On October 14, Lucid announced a recall on Certain examples of the Lucid Air electric sedan are being recalled for half-shaft assemblies that may disconnect from the rear drive unit. According to the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) the half-shaft bolts may not have been secured as intended. Of all the 2024 through 2026 Air sedan mo...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/23

U.S. NHTSA opens investigation into Waymo robotaxis around school buses On October 17, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it opened a preliminary probe into about 2,000 Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports that the company’s robotaxis failed to follow traffic safety laws around stopped school buses. NHTSA said the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened the review after a media report described an inc...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/22

. The rearview camera image display recall covers the 2020-22 Ford F-250 Super Duty, Ford F-350 Super Duty and Ford F-450 Super Duty trucks built at the Kentucky Truck plant between October 28, 2020, and December 23, 2022, according to the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). The entire recall population is expected to have the defect. The manufacturer of the affected components was Magna Electronics in Southfield, ...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/21