General Motors (GM) recently announced that it will be issuing a product recall of approximately 308,000 vehicles due to an air bag inflator issue in the cars. The problem is that the vehicle air bags may not inflate properly during a serious car accident, resulting in significant injuries to vehicle passengers and drivers. The global …

Anton Yelchin, a popular Hollywood film actor perhaps best known for playing Chekov in the recent Star Trek movies, died in a tragic car accident. Friends of the celebrity found him pinned against a brick mailbox pillar by his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is believed that the Jeep rolled down the driveway of Yelchin’s …

The Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit organization that informs consumers about car safety issues, has asked the federal government to reopen its investigation into deadly crash-related fires occurring in older-model Jeep SUVs. Rear-crash fires in these vehicles, which were recalled in June 2013, have reportedly resulted in a number of deaths since the recall …

Several major car companies have recently issued massive recalls of vehicles containing potentially defective parts, including airbag components. The most recent airbag safety issue revolves around airbags installed by German-based Continental Automotive Systems into U.S. cars manufactured by Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Mercedes-Benz. Vehicles containing airbag control units supplied by Continental were found to be …