Ford recalling 150,000 F-150 models for faulty airbag deployment

Ford has announced that she calls 150 000 2005-2006 F-150 pickup trucks for air bags that can be used without warning. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration had originally opened an investigation into 1.3 million vehicles for the disorder. Ford says that the risk of an air bag lifting off for no reason is quite small, although NHTSA has received notification of 238 applications resulting in accidental injuries in 77th

The airbags were supposed seconds was started after the vehicle, and in one case, the driver jumped out of the vehicle while the truck was still parked in a driveway.

Ford says it limits the number of vehicles are being recalled because it is that the problem only with my head on vehicles, raised the discovery of the first layer at its Norfolk, Virginia assembly plant established. The problem occurs because of an improperly installed wire, can cause a short circuit, providing the airbag in the process. The automaker says that the wiring was changed in 2006 to eliminate the potential problem. As a result, the recall applies only to vehicles manufactured in Norfolk between November 2004 and June 2005.

Suzuki recalls SX4, Grand Vitara models over potential pulley failure

A tensioner pulley is the culprit in a round of recalls of Suzuki Grand Vitara for 2009-2011 and 2010-2011 SX4s. This role supports the drive belt, alternator, water pump, air conditioning and power steering pump is running.

If the belt loosen while driving, the vehicle is difficult to control quickly and the engine would stall. Motorcycles is out of the pulley that free exchange for the correct function for owners of affected vehicles. The recall began on 16 February 2011 and will affect 32 291 Suzuki vehicles.

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Report: NHTSA investigation into 100,000 VW and Audi diesels intensifies

According to The Detroit News is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turning up the heat on the investigation of faulty fuel pumps Volkswagen. The administration has announced that it is currently examining 97 272 diesel Volkswagen and Audi vehicles after receiving 160 complaints about the issue. NHTSA says that in about half of the complaints, the bad pumps in a stalling of the engine on the highway or in traffic, the engine out of restarts prevented. Nevertheless, no serious accidents have been attributed to faulty pump, although a minor fender bender was reported as a result of the issue.

The study includes 2010 Golf Hatchback, 2009-2010 Jetta sedan and 2010 Audi A3 certain models.

Volkswagen says that the fuel has questions they have encountered have been contaminated by diesel fuel with gasoline pump. The company says that even a small amount of gas mixed with diesel fuel in the pumps can be switched off. Unfortunately for thusly affected owners, fuel system damage is not covered by the warranty by using the wrong fuel.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen has some 120 separate NHTSA fuel slips, some of which came courtesy of dealers and service personnel with the wrong fuel information.

Feds find no evidence of faulty electronics in Toyota models

The continuing saga of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles has taken a new turn today as Transport Minister Ray LaHood issued a statement that no evidence was found for electronic problems in Runaway Toyotas.
"The jury is back. The verdict is in. There are no electronic-based cause of unwanted high-speed acceleration in Toyotas. Period." LaHood said in prepared statement. This finding is at the end of a 10-month investigation conducted jointly by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA, which was conducted by asking the Congress.
Over 280,000 separate lines of code in the electronics of the potentially affected vehicles Toyota were embedded by NASA, which may cause any acceleration of any errors contained outliers examined, the report said.
This is not to say that the government has found that Toyota is not at fault in any way. LaHood added, "Our conclusion - that Toyota, the problems were mechanical, electrical not come -. undertaken according to final, thorough and intensive research effort ever '
This mechanical problems, namely sticky throttle and pedals, which was caught under faulty floor mats "will remain the only known causes for this type of unsafe incidents of unintended acceleration," said NHTSA. It should prove interesting to see how the courts - to respond to these findings - both public opinion and law.

GM expands axle pin recall to include more pickups, SUVs

It seems that General Motors has discovered that the defective axis cross pins responsible for a current recall have been installed in more vehicles than originally thought. The automaker has expanded the recall of a total of 26 751 vehicles from the 1262 units in the original notice. From now on certain 2011 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Avalanche, are Colorado, Silverado, Suburban and Tahoe models, and GMC Canyon, Sierra and Yukon models included in the latest recall.

As before, the vehicles were built with rear cross pins that may not have been heat treated. As a result, the pieces might slip and break. If this happens, the defect could actually cause the rear axle to lock while driving. Needless to say, the issue could easily cause an accident.

GM replaced the pins for free, if the memory is not scheduled to run until 25 January obtain. The company says that while an owner had a loss of power to the rear axle as a result of the defect, no injuries were reported. Hit the jump, a look at the full remember to take notice.