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The results are in on the most unsafe vehicles of 2009. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have released their findings for the crash tests that they have performed on all of the 2009 models; according to Forbes.com’s interpretation of the results, American-made vehicles litter the bottom of [...]
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The deep and full-of-bravado voice on the Chevy Silverado and Dodge Ram commercials is used to lead people to believe that it is a tough vehicle built for working, hauling and being generally macho. Those two 2009s models along with the Nissan Titan have recently received marks on side crash tests that make you realize there [...]
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Starting December 18, 2008 the Cooper Tire Company began recalling tires that were produced during the period of September 7 - October 11, 2008. The reason stated was that the tires may not have been cured for an adequate amount of time. Anyone who thinks they have tires made during this time period - if you bought [...]
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Hyundai Airbags
2008 was a bad year for Hyundai. Hyundai has had a string of problems with its airbags: non-deployment, inadvertent deployment and faulty notification lights have been a complaint of many consumers. The Elantra, the Santa Fe and Tuscon have all been cited in 2008 investigations by the Nat. Hwy Traffic Safety Admin.
Preliminary NHTSA reports [...]
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