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The Cincinnati Enquirer has published a long story today on seats in Honda minivans flipping and trapping passengers. This problem doesn't seem common, but in this local case was fatal. The victim was seemingly healthy; in fact he was leaving high school tennis practice. They mention...

There have been rumors for weeks that the Chrysler Pacifica might have a stalling issue. Now a consumer advocacy group is asking NHTSA to investigate the alleged problem with an eye to recalling 150,00 of them for a potential safety risk. On Monday, the Centre for Auto Safety formally asked the...

The NHTSA is looking into Ram pickups (2013-16) and Dodge Durangos (2014-16) with transmissions controlled by “the knob,” a dial shifter whose design was inspired by commercial trucks. There have been 43 complaints out of around a million sales (0.0043% of sales), with 25 reported crashes. The...