product safety

Car and Driver, Motor Trend and Consumer Reports were among the influential publications that didn't know about Toyota's problems until everyone else did. Readers would like to think it's easy for them to be watchdogs. Unfortunately, that's not so simple.

A small parade of witnesses will take the stand Wednesday during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's hearing on the Toyota recalls, but the real focus of the day will be on one man: CEO Akio Toyoda.

You'd think if you paid $5,000 or more for a fancy, side-by-side refrigerator you wouldn't have to worry about the doors falling off. You'd be wrong. Liebherr-Canada Ltd. is recalling its built-in, 24-inch wide single-door refrigerators -- often used in pairs to make a side-by-side -- because the...

Following the suffocation deaths of two babies this summer, Amby Baby Motion Beds are being recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Amby Baby told the CPSC that a 4-month-old girl in Lawrenceville, Ga., died in one of the hammocks in June and a 5-month-old boy from Gresham,...

Lowe's recalled 663,000 Perfect Flame SLG Series gas grills after nearly two dozen people reported injuries due to deteriorating burners, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. In some cases, the lids caught on fire. Using these Chinese-made grills, imported by L G Sourcing, could put...

Kolcraft is recalling 1 million play yards sold over the past decade after nearly 350 reports of the sides collapsing. At least 21 injuries were reported before the recall was initiated, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.The locks that hold up the sides of the play yards can fail,...