Should Rental Agencies Be Required To Stop Renting Recalled Cars?

There's a bit of a kerfuffle in Washington regarding rental cars, car dealers, and recalls. Washington wants cars involved in a recall to not be rented until the recall is satisfied. Car dealers and automakers don't agree. What do you think?

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Toyota FJ Cruisers May Cause Temporary Blindness

Another day, another recall- and another Toyota recall at that. The company says more than 11,000 FJ Cruisers have lights that are just too powerful and do not comply with federal safety standards that are supposed to prevent blinding other drivers at night.

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Exploding Shrapnel Airbags Force Recall Of 3.3 Million Japanse Cars

A whopping 3.3 million Hondas, Nissans, Toyotas and Mazdas are being recalled due to a minor little glitch in which the passenger-side airbags send shrapnel flying into the cabin. Doesn't that sound fun?

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Buick Recalls Encore Because An Insignificant Part Called The 'Steering …

As I understand it, the "steering wheel" is a necessary component in making a car change direction. If the "steering wheel" becomes detached, then the car can no longer turn. Sounds like a minor issue, but Buick is recalling 144 Encores because they see a "steering wheel" falling off as a major problem.

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Daimler Transit Buses Recalled Over Potential Flame-Belching Brakes

If the movie Speed forms the basis of your experience with public buses, you may have a natural fear that deranged terrorists lurk in the middle row of nearly every city bus. Although bus hijackings are pretty rare (in the U.S., anyway), bus fires could be a reality for riders on some of Daimler's 2011-2012 Orion VII…

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