Ford’s $165 Million Fine For Slow Recalls Is NHTSA’s Biggest Fine Since Takata’s Deadly Airbags The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hit Ford with a $165 million fine over its handling of recalled backup cameras on almost 600,000 cars this week. The fine, which is the second-largest penalty in the agency’s history, will see the Blue Oval pay $65 million upfront, with an additional $100 million due… Read more…

Florida Car Dealership Sold A Volvo With Defective Airbags And Seat Belts, Twice Sometimes car dealerships can’t help but be sacks of shit. Over the summer, a Florida man bought two used Volvos from a used car dealership, it wasn’t until after the deal went through that he found out both cars had been in accidents. Closer inspection from independent mechanics shows that both cars had non-functionin… Read more…

Millions Of Americans Could Be Driving Around With Deadly Aftermarket Airbags Good morning! It’s Friday, July 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

After Largest Recall Ever, 6.4 Million Cars On U.S. Roads Still Have Deadly Takata Airbags Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Read more…

NHTSA Says 52 Million Defective ARC Airbags Should Be Recalled Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 6, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

Toyota Recalls 110,000 New Cars, Trucks Because Airbags Won’t Go Off Toyota has been forced to issue a recall of more than 110,000 brand-new models that have shipped with faulty airbags. The recall was sparked after manufacturing firm Furukawa American Inc. informed the Japanese automaker that contamination during the assembly of six Toyota models meant their airbags may not deploy… Read more…