Car Safety

Some things are worth protecting from harm in a car accident. Yourself, obviously. Your cigarettes. Your warm bottle of Mountain Dew? Mos def. How about a week's worth of gas? The Cable News Network, via affiliate KUSA, reports a Colorado mother (their definition) decided that answer would be yes...

A handful of 2012 Fisker Karmas have been recalled due to incorrectly installed hose clamps, the same problem that led to a recall of the car in December, 2011.

Airbags inside of automobiles are nothing new, and have saved thousands of lives worldwide since being put into widespread use. Volvo, always at the forefront of vehicle safety, believes that airbags can be used to protect pedestrians, too. According to Volvo’s research, 25-percent of traffic...

Lexus has issued a recall on its latest 2013 GS 350 F Sport sedan due to a known-issue concerning one of the car’s multiple ECUs, which could lead to problems with the steering. Only around 650 models are affected by the latest recall, all of them 2013 models equipped with rear-wheel drive...

Acura has issued a voluntarily recall on all 2007 and 2008 TL sedans due to a potential fluid leak caused by worn out power steering hoses. Acura says there are some 52,615 cars affected by the recall in the U.S. alone. According to the automaker the power steering hoses on the affected cars may...

Ford has issued a wide-ranging recall on some of its top models due to transmission and light calibrations that don’t quite meet up with federal standards and may not function properly. The affected models are the F-150 pickup truck, Mustang sports car and the Ford Expedition/Lincoln...

Chrysler has issued a recall on its Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years due to a potential brake overheating issue. According to Chrysler, performance of the electronic stability control (ESC) and anti-lock braking system (ABS) on the aforementioned models may...

When it comes to innovations in safety and driver aids, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo, and a few other brands have long led the way, particularly in the realm of the use of technology to those ends. But the latest and greatest innovations in the field are often limited to a handful of the upper-tier...

Anyone who’s driven on a busy highway can attest that vehicles moving erratically and braking needlessly breaks up the smooth flow of traffic and leads to congestion. Honda has also observed this phenomenon and claims to have pioneered a technology based on this principle that, rather than...

We may soon be able to drive cars that will know if we’ve had a rough day or whether we’re about to fall asleep behind the wheel. That’s the premise of new mood-sensing technology Toyota is working on in an effort to build safer cars. We first brought you details on the technology...

The 2013 Lexus GS has been named by the IIHS as a Top Safety Pick, becoming the third Lexus model to earn the award under the revised test standards.

If you fly Virgin Atlantic Airway’s Upper Class from the U.K., the chauffeur-driven car dispatched to bring you to the airport will come from car service Tristar Worldwide. Tristar provides airport transportation for Virgin’s highest-profile customers (among other clients), so reducing...

To Buick, size should have little to do with vehicle safety. Its smallest sedan, the Verano, recently earned a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which means that every model in the current Buick lineup is a 2012 IIHS Top Safety Pick. To earn the Top...

Following a recent spate of high-profile crashes involving supercars and luxury sedans in China, a local bus company has launched a new campaign aimed at getting its drivers to be more cautious when the pricey cars are around. Pictured above is part of a poster used by the company to inform its...

Since its debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Cadillac has been showing off the new technology that sits inside the 2013 XTS sedan. Today, the newest feature in the spotlight is the Safety Alert Seat. Using haptic feedback (vibrations) in the seat bottom to give directional alerts to potential...

The supplier of the Fisker Karma's lithium-ion batteries, 123 Systems, has issued a recall on them due to what it claims are defective prismatic cells.

The SLS AMG and C63 AMG Estate are back as the official safety and medical cars of the new Formula 1 season but this year they have a slightly more significant role. They are also representative of the newly christened Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team, which was formally known as the Mercedes...

Not so long ago, things like adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, and pedestrian detection were high-tech numbers limited to the top tier of the market--mainly expensive luxury sedans. That's changed quickly in recent years, with Subaru among the up-and-comers with its EyeSight system...

Certain 2012 Buick Regals may have parking lights that fail to activate due to a software glitch.

Volvo has made a bold claim about the safety of its cars. The automaker says that by 2020, it aims that nobody will be killed or seriously injured in one of its vehicles. However, Volvo is also looking out for the little guy on the street. Volvo's latest V40, a five-door hatchback that debuted at...