Nearly 3.2 million U.S. vehicles carry an unrepaired fire-risk recall that tells owners to keep them out of the garage. Here is what the notice obliges you to do, and the 13 campaigns active in October.
Volvo will build its next automated driving system on NVIDIA’s Hyperion platform, aiming for eyes-off and eventually mind-off driving — but it hasn’t named the first car or a date.
A jammed power-seat switch can run the motor until it burns, so Hyundai wants 2015–2020 Genesis and G80 sedans parked away from buildings until a fix arrives — nearly five years after the first U.S. fire was reported.
NHTSA has opened a defect petition, not an investigation, over claims that Tesla’s driverless cars exceed school-zone speed limits. The agency has until late January to decide what comes next.
Only the Ram 3500 avoided the bottom rating against other vehicles, and it managed just marginal. Among seven cargo vans, the Mercedes Sprinter was the lone good performer.
A 50-year study of real-world crashes found women in 2010s Volvos faced about the same injury risk as men. The data covers one brand in one country.
NHTSA is rewriting its vehicle lighting standard, with glare, LEDs, and headlamp height all under review. There is no deadline for a new rule, but drivers can comment until Nov. 9.
Carriers are preparing to retire 4G LTE, and hundreds of millions of cars depend on it. Your car will keep running, but crash alerts, remote apps, and live navigation may not.
Daylight saving time ends Nov. 1. IIHS data shows good headlights cut nighttime single-vehicle crashes by 19%, and these 2026 models get them on every trim.
A software update lets Teslas pull away from a U.S. Supercharger with the cable still attached. Tesla says station-side repairs alone can run up to $25,000.
Super Cruise, BlueCruise, and six rivals let you drive with your hands off the wheel on approved roads. None lets you look away, and no eyes-off system is on sale in the U.S.
State Farm counts 1.6 million animal-collision claims in a year, and the worst stretch starts now. Here's where the risk is highest — and why swerving can cost you twice.
The 10.1-inch center screen on 11,405 trucks can lose power and blank the rearview image, a federal rear-visibility violation. VINs are already searchable; interim letters go out October 5.
The percentages count every crash regardless of fault, against a modeled human benchmark — and an independent IIHS check landed within a point of Waymo's own injury figure.
Five crashes, three deaths, and a regulator now looking beyond comma's own code to the openpilot forks built on top of it.
Only 86 cars are affected, but the defect is unusual: replacement battery control modules that overstate the pack's health, risking sudden power loss and, over time, a battery fire.
GM invented the modern child seat in 1967. For Child Passenger Safety Week it's pushing free seat checks — while a federal rule on hot car detection tech runs years late.
The body control module in the all-new 2025 Tiguan can reset while driving, killing the ignition and, with it, the lights, warning lamps, or backup camera. Dealers will reflash it for free.
The 6.6-liter L78 replaces the 6.2-liter L87 in the 2027 Silverado and Sierra. NHTSA has two open engineering analyses into the L87 — one opened four weeks before GM's announcement — and the release mentions neither.
The 2018 Tiguan, 2018–2019 Atlas, and 2019–2021 Q3 are affected. VINs are already searchable on NHTSA's site, but owner letters won't go out until November 10.