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  2018-2019 Toyota Hilux, Fortuner recalled in Malaysia over brake booster issue – 12,997 vehicles involved

  2 December 2020 / 13 comments

  Toyota’s official Malaysian distributor UMW Toyota Motor has issued a recall for the 2018 and 2019 Hilux pick-up truck and Fortuner SUV over an issue with their brake boosters. The “special service campaign”, as the […]

   

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  1999 Honda Accord, 2000 CR-V recalled in Malaysia over Takata driver airbag – 2,784 vehicles involved

  26 November 2020 / 7 comments

  Honda Malaysia has announced that it has recalled the 1999 Accord (sixth-generation) and 2000 CR-V (first-generation) to replace their Takata driver’s side airbags. A total of 2,784 vehicles are affected, consisting of 1,380 units of […]

   

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  Volvo ‘ultimate simulator’ for developing safety tech

  20 November 2020 / 0 comments

  Accuracy is especially crucial in developing safety systems, which drives Volvo to use a ‘mixed-reality’ driving simulator to make greater progress in safety and autonomous driving systems. Volvo’s simulator setup aims to blur the line […]

   

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  Mitsubishi Outlander scores 5 stars in ASEAN NCAP

  19 November 2020 / 7 comments

  It’s been a long four years since the Mitsubishi Outlander was launched in Malaysia, but the seven-seater SUV has finally been crash-tested by ASEAN NCAP. The car scored a five-star safety rating, echoing the plug-in […]

   

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  Skoda patents a tri-colour illuminated seatbelt buckle

  5 November 2020 / 7 comments

  It’s a situation many will no doubt be familiar with, fumbling to find the seat belt buckle in the dark, more so in an unfamiliar vehicle. Skoda has come up with a way to eliminate […]

   

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  Politicians, civil servants should lead by example in seat belt use; demerit points revamp underway: MIROS

  28 October 2020 / 17 comments

  The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has urged politicians, civil servants and community leaders to be advocates of seat belt use and lead by example, Bernama reported. A study conducted this year by […]

   

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  Tesla Full Self-Driving released as beta, US NHTSA monitoring situation to protect public against risk

  23 October 2020 / 2 comments

  Wow here is a left turn and it safely went through the light. This is bettaaaaa people and it’s amazing. @elonmusk you savage, you have created a life hack and you have accomplished fsd. @tesla_raj […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP: 2020 Toyota Hilux and Fortuner facelifts both get five-star rating – see the crash test video

  12 October 2020 / 12 comments

  The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has released reports of its crash test results on the 2020 Toyota Hilux and Fortuner facelifts carried out in August. Both the refreshed pick-up […]

   

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  Perodua safety features illustrated in animation video

  9 October 2020 / 32 comments

  There are parts and systems aplenty that go into a car’s safety measures for the benefit of its drivers, occupants as well as the road users around them, and these systems can sometimes be tricky […]

   

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  Honda confirms 17th US Takata airbag inflator death

  5 October 2020 / 3 comments

  Honda has confirmed the 17th death in the United States linked to a faulty Takata airbag inflator, Reuters reported. This was found after a joint inspection with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) […]

   

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  Tesla Model 3 Autopilot ranked sixth out of 10 vehicles in 2020 Euro NCAP Assisted Driving assessment

  5 October 2020 / 2 comments

  Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver assistance system in the Model 3 has ranked sixth out of 10 driver assistance systems from different automakers tested by Euro NCAP in the organisation’s Assisted Driving series of tests, where […]

   

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  Proton explains importance of X50 Flagship having Level 2 semi-autonomous driving – it’s not autopilot!

  1 October 2020 / 31 comments

  Cars with Level 2 semi-autonomous driving have been sold in Malaysia for some time now, but the Proton X50 1.5 TGDi Flagship will bring the technology to the masses for the first time. The B-segment […]

   

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  2021 Isuzu D-Max – five stars in stricter ANCAP testing

  17 September 2020 / 3 comments

  The 2021 Isuzu D-Max has scored a five-star rating in the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), and it is the first to be tested through the programme’s stricter criteria. Introduced in Australia and New […]

   

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  Child dies of heatstroke in locked car – always check, before you lock up and leave your parked vehicle

  14 August 2020 / 19 comments

  The tragedy of heatstroke has struck again, this time in Sungai Petani, Kedah where a four-year-old was inadvertently left in a parked car and died as a result. The four-year-old girl’s father, a factory lorry […]

   

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  Child seat usage: enforcement postponed to end-2020

  12 August 2020 / 15 comments

  The government has announced that the enforcement of child car seat usage has been postponed until the end of the year, Bernama reports. This follows on the announcement made in July, when it said that […]

   

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