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ARTICLES ABOUT AUTOMOBILE SAFETY FEATURES AND DEFECTS

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Safety, Optional at Extra Cost
By CHERYL JENSEN

Despite promoting their latest safety innovations as a reason to buy a new car, automakers have sometimes made it tough for buyers to actually get those features.

February 22, 2009
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    Ensuring Junior Goes for a Mild Ride
    Ensuring Junior Goes for a Mild Ride
    By NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC

    A new safety technology from Ford will let parents limit teen drivers’ top speed, cap the volume on the stereo and encourage other safe driving habits.

    October 7, 2008
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      4 Crossovers Score Well
      By CHERYL JENSEN

      Four compact crossover utilities received the highest ratings in recent crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

      August 31, 2008
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        Slow-Moving Vehicle
        Slow-Moving Vehicle
        By MARY ROACH

        An alternate title for this surprising, enlightening look at the psychology of human beings behind the steering wheel might be “Idiots.”

        August 10, 2008
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        Fixes to Some Problems
        By SCOTT STURGIS

        Acura and Honda transmission troubles and Chevrolets and Pontiacs with windshield cracks are among the latest technical service bulletins.

        July 20, 2008
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          Small and Large Problems
          By SCOTT STURGIS

          Oil-pressure problems with Audis and fuel-filter issues for Hyundais are among the latest technical service bulletins from auto manufacturers.

          June 1, 2008
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            Comments of the Week

            Readers comment on Automobiles section blog on Congress considering bill to require Transportation Department to come up with safety standards for hybrids and other quiet vehicles, which will include some kind of audible alert for pedestrians

            April 27, 2008
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              Are Hybrids Too Quiet?
              By RICHARD S. CHANG

              Article by Richard Simon Chang on Automobiles section blog questions whether hybrids pose safety hazard to pedestrians because vehicles are too quiet; bill was introduced in Congress requiring Transportation Department to establish safety standards for hybrids and other quiet vehicles, which will include some sort of audible alert for pedestrians; photo

              April 27, 2008
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                Huge Recall, but Many Cars Unfixed
                Huge Recall, but Many Cars Unfixed
                By CHERYL JENSEN

                Some 10 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles from 1992 to 2004 have been recalled because of faulty cruise-control switches.

                April 13, 2008
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                  Tiny Saves Gas, but Big Can Save Lives
                  Tiny Saves Gas, but Big Can Save Lives
                  By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN

                  Although there can be exceptions, fatality statistics suggest that small cars are more dangerous than large ones.

                  April 13, 2008
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