The new 2013 Honda Civic Sedan has received the highest possible overall safety ratings from both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This is good news for a car that is known to be one of the most popular small car among individual buyers The 2013
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Ford announced today the 2013 Ford Focus Electric earned the highest vehicle safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Focus Electric, which is Ford’s first all-electric passenger vehicle, earned a five-star Overall Vehicle Score in NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing, which combines vehicle performance in frontal and side-impact crash
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Do you remember the sudden acceleration issue concerning Toyota vehicles a couple of years back? It looks like a settlement has been reached. The attorneys representing Toyota owners who claim that their vehicles are prone to sudden, unexplained acceleration announced Dec. 26 that Toyota has agreed to a settlement valued between $1.2 and $1.4 billion.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has rated the Toyota Prius v ‘poor’ for its performance in small overlap frontal crash testing. The Camry was also given the same mark. While direct impact frontal crash tests have been a standard for years with the IIHS – as well as the National Highway Traffic Safety
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The “unnatural relationship” between the Obama administration and US carmakers in the wake of the 2009 auto bailouts may have led to a delay in disclosing a potential safety defect in Chevrolet Volts, Republican lawmakers claim in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee report. Some Republicans questioned whether the US government’s 32-percent ownership stake in
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General Motors said today that a “couple dozen” Chevy Volt owners have indicated that they plan to take the company up on its offer to buy back Volts from customers worried about potential fire dangers raised, by a recently announced NHTSA test. Last week, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson told the Associated Press that his
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Toyota has announced that it will recall more than 82,000 hybrid SUVs in the United States this summer, due to faulty soldering in the vehicles’ Intelligent Power Module, which is located within the Hybrid System Inverter. The vehicles included are model years 2006 and 2007 Toyota Highlander and Lexus RX 400h hybrids. The voluntary recall
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Last week, we reported that Honda finally acknowledged a problem with the batteries of the Honda Civic Hybrid by issuing a “technical service bulletin.” This comes after one year of complaints—more than 100 on the HybridCars.com forum alone—about diminished fuel economy and power after a year or two driving, especially in hot weather conditions. Drivers
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Five months after the nation was gripped with fears about Prius brakes failing to engage and runaway hybrids flying out of control, federal investigators said Tuesday that driver error—not electronics—is to blame in a majority of safety cases they probed. The preliminary findings were presented at a briefing of House Energy and Commerce Committee members,
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Lexus HS250h Toyota is recalling 17,000 units of its 2010 Lexus HS250h hybrid, due to a fuel tank issue. The company will also halt production and sales until a remedy can be found. During a test conducted by an agency contractor, fuel spillage from the vehicle exceeded federal regulations. According to the National Highway Transportation
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