He continued: "The relationship between the industry and its chief safety regulator has become fractured. Innovation is being stymied. And as NHTSA struggles to modernize its standards and ...

Owners may also contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or visit www.nhtsa.gov. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.

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As part of the Trump Administration’s cost-cutting efforts, the NHTSA laid off four percent of its staff, cutting deep into ...

The NHTSA has shown no signs of backing down, overseeing three new recalls of Tesla vehicles since Trump took office, most recently ordering 46,000 Cybertrucks to be checked after discovering an ...

NHTSA Investigating 1.3 Million 2015–2017 Ford F-150s Over Reports of Unexpected Downshifts The trucks are, allegedly, unexpectedly dropping into lower gear at highway speeds. By Zac Palmer ...

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While still maintaining this deference to the states, NHTSA has proposed a national program titled, the “ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program” (AV STEP), which ...

In 2024, a trio of NHTSA employees showed up at a Zoox facility in Las Vegas, bearing calipers, a ruler, a set of scales and masking tape to put that assertion to the test, according to their report.

NHTSA said Oct. 18 it will assess whether Tesla’s system, also known as FSD, has the ability to detect and appropriately respond to fog and other reduced visibility conditions.