“Currently, a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requiring side underride guards on semi-trailers does not exist,” NHTSA noted in a March 31 announcement in response to the ...

NHTSA has started a preliminary probe into about 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks over complaints about unexpected gear downshift and a temporary rear wheel lock up. NHTSA’s Office of ...

Which, of course, is incredibly scary and dangerous. It was enough for the agency’s division to prompt an investigation. The NHTSA says the locking wheels increase the likelihood of skidding or ...

This then causes unexpected rapid vehicle deceleration, it added. NHTSA said certain consumer complaints additionally allege that the vehicle's rear wheels temporarily lock, seize or skid during ...

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, which received 138 consumer complaints, will determine the severity of the potential problem and its safety-related implications. Complainants alleged an ...

Some of the complaints also allege the spontaneous downshift causes their rear wheels to temporarily lock, seize or skid increasing the risk for crash and injury, the NHTSA reported. The probe is ...

NHTSA said Monday it is opening a preliminary evaluation into some Ford F-150 pickup trucks from the 2015 to 2017 model years after receiving complaints from 138 consumers. Sign up here.

The NHTSA said that Tesla became aware of the problem early this year. The Cybertruck, which Tesla began delivering to buyers in late 2023, has been recalled eight times in the past 15 months for ...

The stainless steel strip, called a cant rail assembly, between the windshield and the roof on both sides, is bound to the truck’s assembly with a structural adhesive, the NHTSA report said.

The stainless steel strip, called a cant rail assembly, between the windshield and the roof on both sides, is bound to the truck’s assembly with a structural adhesive, the NHTSA report said. The ...

Autonomous vehicles: Tesla robotaxis by June? Musk turns to Texas for hands-off regulation Zoox said in its filing with NHTSA Wednesday that there were two issues addressed by the software updates ...