[ad_1] Toyota recalls 1 million vehicles over possible air bag problem Toyota recalls 1 million vehicles over possible air bag problem 00:35 Toyota is urging the owners of 50,000 older vehicles to stop driving the cars immediately and get their airbags fixed. According to the voluntary recall, the vehicles should not be driven until their … Read more
[ad_1] The United Auto Workers union said its next target is to unionize factory workers at Lucid, Rivian, Tesla and 10 foreign automakers, a move that comes after it garnered new employment contracts from Detroit’s Big Three automakers. BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Mazda, Mercedes, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo are based overseas but all have manufacturing operations … Read more
[ad_1] The auto lending arm of Japanese automaker Toyota illegally added insurance products on car loans, then purposely made removing those policies difficult for thousands of borrowers, a federal consumer watchdog agency said Monday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) also accused Toyota Motor Credit Corporation of taking too long to issue refunds for … Read more
[ad_1] Hyundai said Monday it will raise hourly pay for the South Korean automaker’s employees in the U.S., upping wages just weeks after the United Auto Workers union struck new labor contract agreements with Detroit’s Big 3 car manufacturers. By 2028, employees in Hyundai plants in Montgomery, Alabama, and Ellabell, Georgia, will see their hourly wages … Read more
[ad_1] Four popular pickup trucks do a poor job of protecting back-seat passengers in some crashes, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. For the 2023 model year, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew cab, Ford F-150 crew cab, Ram 1500 crew cab and Toyota Tundra crew cab all fell short in expanded tests conducted … Read more
[ad_1] Toyota is recalling roughly 1.9 million RAV4 sport utility vehicles in the U.S. because the batteries can shift during sharp turns and potentially cause a fire. The recall, which Toyota announced Wednesday, affects certain RAV4s from the 2013 through 2018 model years. The Japanese automaker said in a statement that some replacement 12-volt batteries used … Read more
[ad_1] Toyota has recalled roughly 168,000 recently manufactured vehicles because of a potential fire risk. The vehicles’ plastic fuel tube could “move and rub against a brake line,” causing a fuel leak, according to a recall notice the company published on its website Thursday. The leaked fuel could cause a fire in the presence of … Read more
[ad_1] The front seats of a pickup truck are the safest place on the vehicle to be in the event of a collision. That’s according to a new crash test designed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to evaluate rear-seat passenger safety. Four out of 5 compact pickup trucks in the study earned substandard … Read more