U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into complaints that General Motors vehicles equipped with certain V8 engines, including its best-selling Silverado, can seize up without ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it was opening a preliminary probe into 877,710 ...

“A manufacturing defect in one or more of the high voltage battery cells may result in an internal short circuit and battery failure,” the NHTSA said, noting the recall covers certain Ford ...

Before NHTSA finalized the program’s rules, it awarded a former Hyundai engineer $24.3 million in 2021. The whistleblower initially reported in 2016 that his employer failed to address a vehicular ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a voluntary national framework that could make it easier for fully driverless vehicles like robotaxis to get on the roads.

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight of certain vehicles equipped with automated driving ...

“Whistleblowers shine a light on critical safety issues and play a vital role in safeguarding our nation’s vehicles and roads,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said in a statement.

As of this writing, the NHTSA's database lists the 2019 Volkswagen Atlas with 3 investigations, 11 recalls, and 382 complaints. In addition to both inadvertent automatic emergency braking ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday proposed a new national framework that could make it easier for companies to deploy at scale autonomous vehicles without ...

Companies would have to give NHTSA information and data on the safety of the design, development and operations of the vehicles. The agency would decide whether to accept companies into the program.

NHTSA is promising “an exemption pathway that is tailored for ADS-equipped vehicles,” suggesting a less onerous, time-consuming process for the release of fully driverless vehicles.