Safety & Accident

WASHINGTON - Jaguar is recalling more than 2,000 MY 2010 Jaguar XF vehicles because the fuel transfer pipe in the fuel tank may be kinked.

Tags: Jaguar, NHTSA, Recall

HERNDON, VA - The Audi Q5 crossover vehicle earned a Top Safety Pick award for 2009 from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and received the highest front and side crash ratings from U.S. safety regulators.

Tags: Audi, IIHS, NHTSA, Q5

WASHINGTON – The postponement offers OEMs another year to prepare for the NHTSA's most significant changes to the ratings program in 30 years.

Tags: 2010-model year, 2011-model year, crash test ratings, NHTSA, postponement

DEARBORN, MI – Earning 5-star ratings in both government crash tests, in addition to the "Top Safety Pick" award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the all-new 2009 Ford F-150 is packed with a list of advanced standard safety features.

Tags: 2009 Ford F-150, 5-star ratings, Ford , full-size pickup, NHTSA, standard safety features, Top Safety Pick, Truck of the Year

LIVONIA, MI – TRW is combining advanced 'cognitive' technologies to help make vehicles safer, more fuel efficient, and environmentally friendly.

Tags: CAFE standards, corporate average fuel economy, NHTSA, TRW Automotive Holdings

DETROIT – For the 2009-model year, the Equinox and Torrent received the 5-stars for both driver and front passenger during the NHTSA New Car Assessment Program frontal crash test.

Tags: Chevrolet Equinox , crast test ratings, NHTSA, Pontiac Torrent

WASHINGTON – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a notice based on the result of a lawsuit over confidential treatment of certain early warning reporting data submitted by vehicle manufacturers.

Tags: confidentiality, early warning reporting, NHTSA

LIVONIA, MI – Thirty of the 2008-MY vehicles that have earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) five-star rating in side-impact crash tests feature TRW's side or curtain airbags.

Tags: airbags, NHTSA, TRW