Important safety recalls issued this week.

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Belkin Recalls iPhone Accessories for Fire Risk

Toyota is not happy about being shut out of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Picks for 2010. The safety organization says Toyota has no right to complain.

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Toyota Says Safety Report Is Misleading

Angry shareholders yesterday ousted the chairman of the board of a major traffic camera company and two of his closest allies. Redflex Chairman Chris Cooper and Directors Peter Lewinsky and Roger Sawley resigned to avoid an embarrassing vote after learning that a majority of shareholder proxies expressed no confidence in their continued leadership. The internal

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Shareholder Revolt Takes Out Three Traffic Camera Company Leaders

Ford and VW each had six Top Safety Picks, awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But more interesting is that Toyota was shut out.

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Ford Leads in Top Safety Picks

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has advanced an investigation, looking into transmission failures in 2004-05 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans.

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Ford Minivans Investigated for Transmission Failure

The New York Times reports that, along with new test dummies, revised injury force limits and other changes, the government’s New Car Assessment Program will include the side pole test shown above. To meet the new pole-impact standard, a vehicle will be slammed against a 10-inch diameter vertical pole at a 75-degree angle, hitting the driver’s

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New Crash Test: Powersliding Into A Pole-Worthiness

Volvo is recalling 9,667 of its 2010 XC60s, most of them in the United States and Canada because in a crash test the driver’s seat belt came undone.

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Volvo Recalls XC60 for Seat-Belt Failure

Vehicle history provider Carfax has partnered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to introduce a new Clunker Check service. The simple Carfax query page allows you, merely by entering the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the suspect vehicle to check whether it was written off for salvage as part of the federal ..

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Carfax Introduces Free Clunker Check

Chrysler is recalling about 161,000 Jeeps because their automatic transmissions were assembled without a system to warn if the fluid is overheating.

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Chrysler Is Recalling Jeeps for Transmission Issue

It’s not surprising at all that the smallest, least expensive vehicles typically get short shrift on features. You won’t find power windows or mirrors, central locking, air conditioning, or even sound systems on some of the most affordable versions of the cheapest models. But while most automakers also skimp on safety features for these most ..

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2010 Toyota Yaris: Cheapest New Car With Stability Control