Mercedes & BMW Announce Car Recalls
DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Two different automakers have announced separate recalls totaling more than 400,000 vehicles in North America. The recalls were both announced on Tuesday. Mercedes-Benz is...
View Article8 Vehicles Earn Top Collision Warning Rating
DETROIT (AP) - The 2014 Chevrolet Impala was the only non-luxury car to earn the highest safety rating in new tests of high-tech crash prevention systems. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
View ArticleChevy Impala Among 8 Vehicles To Earn Top Rating For Collision Warning
DETROIT (AP) – The 2014 Chevrolet Impala was the only non-luxury car to earn the highest safety rating in new tests of high-tech crash prevention systems. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
View ArticleAir Bag Recall Spreads To More Automakers
DETROIT (AP) — Faulty air bags — which have already led to the recall of millions of cars worldwide — are blamed for a new round of recalls in the U.S. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
View ArticleBMW Recalls 1.6M 3-Series Cars For Air Bag Problem
DETROIT (AP) – BMW is expanding a recall of its most popular models to fix a growing air bag problem that is hitting much of the auto industry. The German automaker says it will recall 1.6 million...
View ArticleBMW Recalls 1.6M Cars For Air Bag Problem
DETROIT (AP) – BMW is expanding a recall of its most popular models to fix an air bag problem that is hitting much of the global auto industry. The German automaker says it will recall 1.6 million...
View ArticlePlug-In Car Sales Charging Ahead
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — Plug-In 2014, the premiere electric vehicle conference in the nation, began on Monday at the San Jose Convention Center with those in attendance discussing and debating the future of...
View ArticleUS Agency Warns Car Owners To Get Air Bags Fixed
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government issued an urgent plea to more than 4.7 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a defect in the...
View ArticleConsumer Alert: Another Road Block In Air Bags Recall
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Twenty-four hours after the U.S. government issued an urgent plea to more than 4.7 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed,...
View ArticleNHTSA Warns Nearly 8 Million Car Owners To Get Air Bags Fixed
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The U.S. government issued an urgent plea to nearly 8 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a defect in the devices can possibly kill or injure...
View ArticleList Of Cars Affected By Airbag Recall
The U.S. government has issued an urgent plea to nearly 8 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a defect in the devices can possibly kill or injure the driver or...
View ArticleSafety Agency Pushes For National Air Bag Recall
DETROIT (AP) - The federal government is demanding that the auto industry recall millions of additional cars equipped with faulty air bags that can injure — and even kill — a driver. The action Tuesday...
View ArticleBryant Gumbel, Katie Couric Again Confused By Technology
Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were baffled by the internet 21 years ago. Now, they're featured in a Super Bowl ad poking fun at themselves -- and looking towards the future.
View ArticleBMW Recalls Nearly 49K Motorcycles With Rear-Wheel Problem
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling nearly 49,000 motorcycles in the U.S. and Canada because flanges that hold the rear wheel can crack if bolts are too tight. The...
View ArticleNissan & BMW Recall Cars For Fuel Pumps
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – Nissan and BMW are recalling more than 94,000 vehicles because the fuel pumps can fail and cause stalling. The recalls cover 76,000 Nissan Rogues...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Finds Some Newer Cars Burn Too Much Oil
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — Newer cars aren’t supposed to burn oil, but Consumer Reports magazine found that some engines mainly from Audi, BMW and Subaru force their owners to...
View ArticleAddison Officials Consider Buying Luxury Police Cruisers
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter ADDISON (CBSDFW.COM) – Forget the old Crown Victorias or the even Dodge Challengers, the city of Addison is considering luxury cars for police cruisers. The Audi...
View ArticleDeputies: Man Steals BMW That He Tried To Buy With Food Stamps
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida have arrested a man they say stole a BMW after trying to buy it with a food stamp debit card. The Martin County...
View ArticleYou Can Buy A Supercar Cheap, But Should You?
I’m a bargain hunter and love shopping!! One of my favorite hobbies is stalking Ebay, Craigslist, Bring-a-Trailer and other various websites where one can buy and sell cars. Last year after much...
View Article7 Automakers Add 4.4 Million Vehicles To Takata Recall
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – Seven automakers are adding nearly 4.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to the massive Takata air bag inflator recall. Documents detailing recalls by...
View ArticleBMW Recalls Some SUVs To Reinforce Child Seat Anchors
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling nearly 189,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the child seat anchors may become damaged and won’t hold the seat properly. The recall...
View ArticleBMW Recalls Over 150,000 Vehicles Because Engines Could Stall
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – BMW is recalling more than 154,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix a wiring problem that can cause engines to stall. The recall covers...
View ArticleOver 652K Vehicles Involved In Latest Takata Air Bag Recall
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – Thirteen automakers are recalling more than 652,000 vehicles in the U.S. in the latest round of dangerous Takata air bag inflator recalls....
View ArticleTesla & BMW Fall Short Of Highest Safety Ratings
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – Two luxury electric vehicles — the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 — fell short of getting the highest safety ratings in new crash tests by the...
View ArticleBMW Recalling 230K Vehicles That May Have Takata Air Bags
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 230,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The automaker says the...
View ArticleBMW Adds 134,000 SUVs To 2016 Driveshaft Recall
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – BMW is adding nearly 134,000 SUVs to a 2016 recall to fix driveshaft joints that can fail and could cause the vehicles to stop moving. The expanded recall...
View ArticleBMW Recalls 7-Series Cars Because Doors Can Fly Open
BMW is recalling more than 45,000 older 7-Series cars in the U.S. because the doors can open unexpectedly while they’re being driven. The recall covers cars from the 2005 through 2008 model years that...
View ArticleGirlfriend Of Road Rage Victim: ‘I Wish I Could Have Done More’
ARLINGTON (CBS11) – Shot and killed over road rage, Arlington Police said on Thursday they now know the car they believed is involved. APD said it is looking for the driver of a black BMW car....
View ArticleGerman Automakers’ Shares Fall On Diesel Emissions Concerns
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The German auto industry’s troubles over excessive diesel emissions are looming larger. Shares in the three biggest German automakers fell Monday after a newsmagazine report...
View ArticleBMW Recalls SUVs; Passenger Air Bag May Not Inflate In Crash
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 85,000 SUVs in the U.S. because a mat that detects front-seat passengers can fail, meaning the air bag might not inflate in a crash. The recall covers the X3...
View ArticleBMW Recalls 1.4M Vehicles Due To Risk Of Under-Hood Fires
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 1.4 million cars and SUVs in two U.S. recalls due to the risk of fires under the hood. The biggest recall includes over 740,000 1, 3 and 5-Series cars, the Z4...
View Article14 Automakers List More Models In Takata Recall
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have released models from 14 different automakers that are being recalled to replace potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators. Documents posted Thursday by the...
View ArticlePassenger In Hit-And-Run Pepper Sprays Victim
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A minor car crash ended with a passenger in the hit-and-run car spraying the victim with pepper spray. It happened on March 3 at the 7-Eleven located at 9351 LBJ Freeway at Abrams...
View ArticleFans Grieve As Detectives Search For XXXTentacion’s Killers
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For hours, fans came in a steady stream to mourn and pay their respects at the spot where rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down, some leaving behind expressions of sympathy...
View ArticleAfter 23 Deaths More Automakers Recalling Potentially Fatal Takata Airbags
DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler Vans, Mercedes and Ferrari are recalling about 1.7 million vehicles to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators made by Takata...
View ArticleBMW Telling Some Customers To Park Their Older 3-Series Cars Due To Air Bag...
DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Another recall of dangerous Takata air bag inflators has BMW telling owners of some older model 3-series cars to stop driving the vehicles. A driver in Australia was killed by...
View ArticleIs It The Last One? Takata Issues Recall For Another 10M Air Bag Inflators
DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Yes, the now-defunct Takata Corp. has issued another air bag recall, this time involving some 10 million front inflators sold to 14 different automakers, but officials say it...
View ArticleDallas Teen Killed When Hummer Crash Rips BMW In Half
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A standout student-athlete on the DeSoto High School football team was killed after a crash in west Harris County that split one of the cars in half. (credit: KTRK) Freshman...
View ArticleAuthorities Believe Missing Teen From El Paso May Be In Dallas Area
EL PASO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year-old girl last seen Wednesday, June 10, may have traveled to Dallas without her mother’s consent. The missing 16-year-old...
View ArticleTexas Man Drove Dealership Loaner Car To Rob Bank, Tried To Use Loot To Buy BMW
LUBBOCK COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) — Prosecutors said he drove a vehicle loaned to him by a car dealership to rob a bank in Texas and brought the money back to try and use for a down payment on a BMW, now...
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