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Biggest-ever Toyota Recall Announced; 3.8 Million Cars and Trucks

Steve Parker | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota Camry, Scion, Tsb, Toyota, Lexus es350, Lexus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cars, Toyota Recall, Lexus IS350, Toyota Avalon, Tacoma, Toyota Tundra, Toyota Prius, Nhtsa, Lexus IS250, Technical Service Bulletin, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota's floor mat recall is a bit unusual because owners are being asked to "make the fix" right away and on their own; this tell us the government considers the problem an immediate and important safety risk.

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Clunker Law: What You Need to Know

Steve Parker | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Toyota, Cash for Clunkers Website, Chrysler, Epa, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Washington DC, Cars, Ford, Mpg, Honda Civic, Clunkers, Clunker Bill, Cash for Clunkers, Cadillac Escalade, Nhtsa, Business News
Steve Parker

Check the (current) status of your car, and if you're interested in the program and your vehicle is now eligible, get down to a new car dealer fast, before DC steps in again to "help" or "clarify."

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Chevy Volt, Saturn, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ucla, Gary Shapiro, Rick Wagoner, Epa, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Cars, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Ces, Robert Nardelli, William Clay Ford, Nhtsa, Japan, Plug-in Hybrids, SUV Sales, Business News
Steve Parker

Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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Search New NHTSA Database for Alleged Deaths, Injuries, Property Damage Records of Any Car or Truck

Steve Parker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Cars, Nhtsa, Congress, Bridgestone/Firestone, Product Safety, Consumer Safety, Auto Industry, Living News
Steve Parker

The government has posted on the Web a database that allows consumers to look up the number of alleged deaths, injuries and cases of property damage involving passenger vehicles.

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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News
Steve Parker

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Debate -- McCain calls Nuclear Safety Advocates "Extreme Environmentalists"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Harry Reid, Environmental Protection Agency, President Nixon, John McCain, Secretary of Transportation, Epa, Environment, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cars, Nhtsa, Nevada, Arizona, Mccain/Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Parker

McCain made a gaffe (not as bad as when he called Obama "Senator Government"), which got me thinking and worried me greatly.

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A Teachable Moment on Energy Policy: Demand-Side Policy Beats Drilling by More than 20 to 1

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Oil Drilling, Fuel Efficiency, Oil, Nhtsa, Conservation, Energy Policy, Green News
Mark Cooper

While the administration is busy beating up Congress for not acting to solve the energy crisis -- it is the administration that has dropped the ball.

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BMW Recalling 200,000 Vehicles

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 09.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Bmw, Bmw Recall, Air Bags, Nhtsa, Bmw 3 Series, Bmw 5 Series, Bmw x3, Business News

WASHINGTON — BMW AG said Wednesday it was recalling 200,000 vehicles over concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash. ...

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Brigham Young Would Be Proud

Carl Pope | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Bush Administration, Legacy Parkway, Big Oil, Salt Lake City, Nhtsa, Cars, Utah, Green News
Carl Pope

Unless we lower demand, the price for oil is going up over the next seven years, not down. There is, after all, considerable evidence that when the oil industry speaks, the Bush administration listens.

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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