Autos

General Motors is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles due to issues causing the rear wheels to lock up.

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles.

Toyota and Honda hold their value better than just about any other brand. CNBC looks at how they got this way and explores what could knock them off the podium.

General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of SUVs and pickup trucks due to an issue with the brake fluid warning light.

Another death is being linked to dangerous Takata air bag inflators by U.S. regulators, the 28th in the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the driver was killed in 2018 in Alabama in a Honda vehicle but gave no further details. It says the death underscores the need for people to replace recalled air bag inflators. Takata...

Lots of people use solar energy to power their homes, and now there’s a California company making solar energy-powered cars, and it has 50,000 already on order. Scott McGrew reports.

CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks on Wednesday, leading to an outage that was continuing to impact many operations by Friday.

Across the U.S., thieves have been targeting electric-vehicle charging stations, intent on stealing the cables, which contain copper wiring.

Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models.

Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at high risk of exploding in a crash and hurling metal fragments. The urgent request comes after one person in a Nissan was killed by an exploding inflator and 58 others have claimed they were hurt. Nissan said the...

California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law.

Auto technology has evolved and many newer cars use wireless key fobs and push-button starters instead of traditional metal keys. But that technology also makes things easier for thieves.

Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation of two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system.

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted in favor of the United Auto Workers — marking the union’s first successful organizing drive of a foreign automaker.

The Ford Mustang is marking its 60th anniversary with a big celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina that will pay homage to the brand’s origin. Automotive correspondent Mike Caudill tells us about a special edition Mustang coming.

The U.S. is investigating a Ford recall for gasoline leaks from fuel injector cracks that can cause engine fires, saying that the remedy doesn’t fix the leaks.

Car lovers, it’s time for the New York International Auto Show, kicking off Friday. If you can’t make it to the East Coast to browse in person, Marcus Washington talks to an insider about some of the trends taking center stage at the 2024 event.

With all new car models headed for internet-connectivity, driver data is a new frontier in consumer privacy risks and protection efforts.

Multiple states reported disrupted services at department of motor vehicles offices Thursday in a “national outage” that halted license-related transactions due to “a loss in cloud connectivity.”