The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a preliminary investigation into potential braking issues plaguing the 2023 Fisker Ocean SUV. This action stems from nine complaints alleging sudden loss of braking performance, particularly on low-traction surfaces. The reported…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require automatic emergency braking (AEB) and pedestrian AEB systems on passenger cars and light trucks. The proposed rule…
PORTLAND, Ore. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has opened an investigation into model-year 2017-2022 Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with automatic-emergency braking (AEB) which might exhibit phantom-braking characteristics. The agency is reacting to…
Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a consent order with Volvo Group North America, a collective of several manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks and buses. (Volvo Group North America is a separate…
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announcement WASHINGTON – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its list of model year 2023 vehicles for crash testing as part of the agency’s 5-Star Safety Ratings system under its New Car…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has begun an investigation of General Motors’ Cruise LLC-built self-driving vehicles following incidents of hard braking and vehicle immobilization, at least two of which resulted in injuries. The vehicles in…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation, PE 22-012, into consumer complaints of braking loss by model-year 2017-2018 Ram heavy duty pickup trucks. The agency’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In August 2020, Ford Motor Company agreed to recall approximately 500,000 vehicles to address front brake hoses rupturing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has opened an investigation –potentially impacting more…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has begun looking into reports of model-year 2014-2020 Jeep Cherokee electronic parking brakes (EPB) activating while the vehicle is being driven. Evidence indicates water…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed the results of the initial 10 months of data covering road incidents involving vehicles with SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The nine-page Summary Report: Standing General…
AUSTIN, Texas – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has requested detailed information from Tesla concerning unexpected brake activation by model-year 2021-2022 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles following 758 owner complaints. This…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a “Final Rule” for publication in the Federal Register specifying occupant-safety standards for autonomous vehicles (AVs) not equipped with traditional human driving controls (like a steering wheel).…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into alleged phantom braking by certain model-year 2021-2022 Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles. This “preliminary evaluation” by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) follows several other…
Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a final rule Tuesday, Feb. 15, allowing automakers to install adaptive driving beam headlights on new vehicles. This satisfies a requirement in the…
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated…
Source: Volkswagen of America announcement Herndon, Va. — Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that the ID.4 RWD has earned a 5-Star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which runs the government’s New Car Assessment Program…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has opened an investigation of Haldex brake components following complaints from users about alleged overheating of the brakes which led to fires. According to documents…
Source: Mitsubishi Motors North America announcement FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) announced the redesigned and sporty 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross has received a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This…
Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) exercised issue a Standing General Order requiring manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or SAE Levels 3-5 automated…
Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the progress of 20 automakers toward manufacturing passenger vehicles with low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. This is part of a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently issued brake-related recalls for three truck manufacturers, Daimler Vans USA, Mitsubishi Fuso and Shyft Group, affecting some 6,000 vehicles. Daimler Vans The Daimler Vans recall covers 463 2020 Sprinter…
Source: WRAL Tech Wire WASHINGTON, DC – For the first time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle (AV) that doesn’t meet federal safety standards that apply to cars and…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeks public comment on a series of nine draft research test procedures developed by the agency to assess the performance of certain types of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). NHTSA is specifically requesting comment…
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released highway crash fatality data for 2018, indicating a 2.4-percent decline in overall fatalities, the second consecutive year of reduced…
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its plan to propose significant updates and upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) – better known as…