Eighty-five percent of Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meeting attendees answered that safety inspections are typically required following any collision, yet the industry still faces trouble getting reimbursed by insurance for the procedures. “I continue to [...]
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling finds that insurance brokers, producers, and agents are subject to the state’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and can’t avoid liability by claiming they are exempt “semi-professionals.” The July [...]
Toyota is streamlining a service that allows vehicle owners in Japan to add new technology to their used vehicles, according to multiple media sources. The automaker first launched a service to retrofit used vehicles with [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) says it has received 156 complaints alleging a suspension failure in model year (MY) 2018-2020 and 2023 Model 3 and MY 2021-2023 Model [...]
Lucid has uploaded a new glass and glazing position statement to OEM1Stop that defines the responsibilities repair facilities must take. “The condition of the windshield and front canopy glass is critical for proper SRS system [...]
Ford CEO Jim Farley expects Chinese automakers to enter the U.S. market in the next five to 10 years, Reuters reports he said during an employee town hall meeting Thursday. Farley recently said that it [...]
More than half of the model year 2023 vehicles with the highest driver death rates are small cars, sports cars, or muscle cars, according to a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [...]
One photo in the federal investigative file on deadly counterfeit airbags made Teena Bohi cry the moment she saw it. It wasn’t the autopsy photos. She didn’t look at those. A photo of Alexia De [...]
PPG Chairman and CEO Tim Knavish shared Thursday that the company has “proactively made price adjustments globally and across all of our businesses,” leading to a 2% selling price improvement in Q2. In a summary [...]
Toyota is recalling 4,100 service parts involving certain curtain shield airbag (CSA) assemblies produced from December 2021 to December 2025, according to a news release. CSA assemblies deploy from the roof side rails in certain [...]
