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  Hyundai Sonata – 140,000 recalled in USA and Canada

  10 July 2015 / 13 comments

  This latest recall doesn’t have anything to do with airbags, but with seatbelts. About 140,000 units of the 2015 Hyundai Sonata are being recalled, specifically 129,000 in the US and 10,401 in Canada. The problem […]

   

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  2015 Mitsubishi Triton nets four stars in ASEAN NCAP

  10 July 2015 / 14 comments

  The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has released its latest crash test results, and this time it’s the new 2015 Mitsubishi Triton that has gone through the rigmarole of testing. […]

   

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  Honda recalls 4.5 million more cars over Takata issue

  10 July 2015 / 0 comments

  In what is looking like a situation that is rapidly spiralling out of control, Honda Motor Co is recalling yet another 4.5 million cars globally to replace airbag inflators made by Takata Corp. Of the […]

   

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  Use of child car seats to be made compulsory by 2017

  10 July 2015 / 10 comments

  An update on when the use of child car seats is set to made mandatory – usage will be made compulsory by 2017. This follows the original date proposed for the move; it was reported […]

   

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  VIDEO: Are you using a child car seat for your child yet? Listen to these testimonials from parents

  9 July 2015 / 6 comments

  Last weekend we gave out the first batch of child car seats to parents who applied for our Child Seat Rental for Raya campaign, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia. We took the opportunity to interview some […]

   

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  Nissan admits Takata airbag caused fire in Japan

  9 July 2015 / 9 comments

  In what is a truly scary development, Nissan Motor Co has admitted that an airbag made by Takata Corp, installed in one of its cars, deployed with so much force that it caused a fire […]

   

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  CRASH VIDEO: Here’s what happens to a child strapped in a non-compliant pocket-type child car seat

  7 July 2015 / 8 comments

  With child car seat awareness at a high now thanks to unfortunate accidents which involve children being thrown out of cars in accidents, there needs to be further education on what kind of child seat […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP releases star rating vs price chart – Proton Iriz is the cheapest five-star car on the list

  7 July 2015 / 95 comments

  The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has released a star rating versus price (on-the-road inclusive of insurance) chart, comparing the affordability of each car vis-a-vis their occupant protection. And, surprise […]

   

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  Watch out, car thieves posing as bank repossessors – know your rights, demand to see authorisation cards

  3 July 2015 / 14 comments

  For whatever reason, carjackers in Malaysia are getting more and more daring recently. It wasn’t too long ago that a car theft case involving a perpetrator acting as a car buyer was reported, and now, […]

   

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  Puspakom on carjackers: be cautious with 3rd parties

  16 June 2015 / 21 comments

  A week after the unfortunate theft of a sports car at a Puspakom inspection branch – in which a carjacker posing as a potential buyer nicked the vehicle at the end of a B5 inspection […]

   

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  VIDEO: Touching Toyota Safety Sense commercial goes through life from dad’s and daughter’s eyes

  15 June 2015 / 74 comments

  “Love works invisible. Toyota works love.” Things can sound pretty silly in Japlish, but after watching this video, you’ll know exactly what they mean. Father’s Day is coming soon, and this Toyota Safety Sense commercial […]

   

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  Please use child seats to balik kampung this Hari Raya – get FREE child car seat rental from us at paultan.org

  12 June 2015 / 70 comments

  Dear readers, dear parents, the Hari Raya Aidilfitri season will be upon us soon and to most of us, that brings about long and arduous balik kampung journeys. It’s an undeniable fact that accident rates […]

   

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  BMW Child Seats available at RM1,799-1,999 promo

  12 June 2015 / 28 comments

  This morning’s event at Publika, which saw the launches of the BMW 1 Series facelift and 2 Series Gran Tourer, was in fact part of the second iteration of BMW’s Safety 360 programme – the […]

   

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  VIDEO: Lorry drops driveshaft, hits car on the NKVE – drivers, always keep a safe distance to vehicles ahead

  11 June 2015 / 51 comments

  More troubling incidents involving poorly maintained lorries in Malaysia have come to light. After a 30-tonne lorry with apparent brake failure smashed into 24 vehicles in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday, yet another one popped its […]

   

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  VIDEO: Student driver reverses into a motorcycle – check your mirrors or get a reverse camera, everyone

  10 June 2015 / 26 comments

  Overshoot a traffic light, and decide to reverse back to not block incoming cars? We’ve all been there. Not everyone is capable of doing so safely, though. For some, it can go very, very wrong. […]

   

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