car safety standards

The Department of Transportation says that passenger vehicles will have to be designed to keep occupants, even those not wearing seat belts, from going through the side windows during a rollover accident. The ruling was formalized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Thursday....

Ferrari is recalling more than 1,000 of its 458 Italia supercars after reports of fires. Following reports of fires in locations from Paris to China, Ferrari has determined that the problem is caused by an adhesive used in the wheel-arch assemblies, Reuters reported. When overheated, the...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into potential steering problems in some 2011 Hyundai Sonatas. The probe is based on two incidents that the company reported through the government's "Early Warning Reporting" system, CNN said. In one of these cases, a universal...