Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Dec 5th, 2007
Nissan Motor Co. is recalling 140,000 of it’s popular Altima sedans because the air filter in the car is potentially a fire hazard. The voluntary recall affects model year 2007 Altimas with four-cylinder, 2.5-litre engines produced between September 2006 and May 2007 at Nissan’s Smyrna plant and between October 2006 and May 2007 at its […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Dec 5th, 2007
Toyota began a massive recall Thursday concerning their flagship luxury brand Lexus. It appears around 264,000 mid-size luxury vehicles were found to have faulty fuel pipes that could cause the fuel tank to leak. The recall affects all the cars worldwide. The recall includes Lexus models produced in Japan in 2005 and sold overseas, and […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Dec 5th, 2007
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is offering exchanges for certain tires sold for use with minivans and small trucks. Even though it is a classic example of a recall, Goodyear’s people insisted the decision is not a recall. “The exchange is not a recall because no design or manufacturing defect was found in the tire”, […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 30th, 2007
Toyota Motor Co. is recalling over 58,000 “all-weather” heavy duty floor mats for the Lexus ES350 and Toyota Camry sedans, as well as the Avalon and Prius . The mats are sold as an accessory item for both cars through Toyota’s vast network of dealers. The problem is that the mats can slide forward and […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 28th, 2007
The huge Japanese industrial giant that is Honda, announced it was recalling over 165,000 cars in the U.S. over engine problems. Very uncharacteristic for Honda, who have a reputation for making very reliable and well built engines. Their engines have a reputation of lasting forever. Honda said the recall affected 2005 models of the Acura […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 27th, 2007
The more things change the more they stay they stay the same. An employee of a California automotive plant, run as a joint effort by GM and Toyota, is accusing both manufactures of letting serious defects go unchecked. Defects that were intentionally passed over included broken seatbelts, faulty headlights, inadequate braking, mirrors falling off, engine […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 27th, 2007
Ford owned Volvo Cars announced a major recall involving over 58,000 vehicles worldwide. The cause of the recalls involves two separate problems, one of which could possibly cause a fire. Volvo Cars spokeswoman Maria Bohlin said 38,000 diesel cars of the S60, V 70 XC 70 and XC 90 models made in 2006 were being […]
Posted in Automotive, Safety on Nov 21st, 2007
As long as there has been the car, there has been the car thief. Ah, yes, the car thief. Scum, no good, son-of-a-!$%^!. Call them what you will. Car thieves are a problem every automotive consumer faces. They are like a pest that won’t go away. Car thieves make us so mad because they hit […]
Posted in Automotive, Safety on Nov 20th, 2007
Ford Motor Co. and Honda are the brands that produce the safest vehicles acording to the U.S Insurance industry. Both these marks lead the pack by providing more models with top safety ratings than other manufactures. Ford Motor Co. alone boast 34 vehicles that are top safety picks by the Institute for Highway Safety. Honda […]
Posted in Automotive, Research, Safety on Nov 16th, 2007
The U.S. Goverment wants to protect your head. They want new passenger vehicles to provide head protection in dangerous side-impact crashes, which kill thousands of motorists every year and leave others with serious brain injuries. They are giving automakers until September 2012 to make head protection systems standard on all passenger vehicles. A review has […]
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