Ford is the latest car company to release a warning about a potential gas pedal problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a statement Friday warning drivers of 2010 Fords that the car mats may get stuck under the gas pedal, resulting in “pedal entrapment”. The NHTSA is warning drivers against stacking floor mats on the driver’s side. The optional “all-weather”... 

The U.S. Congress is now involved in the push to eliminate the use cribs that have the drop-side. This comes after the death of Bobby Cirigliano, a 6 month old who suffocated when his head was trapped between the side rail and the mattress. Since the year 2000, 32 infants have been strangled or suffocated in these drop-side cribs. These types of cribs have been on the market for years. Parents like... 

GE has voluntarily recalled more than 900,000 12 cup digital coffeemakers due to technical faults, and numerous customer complaints. The coffee maker comes in two different colors, black and white, which also signify its model numbers, 169164 and 169165, respectively. According to GE press release, there have been 83 incidents including fire, burning, smoking and related hazards. These accidents also... 

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued another report of a product recall in a week that has already seen recalls of AutoFire toy dart guns, MotherCareBuggies and tens of thousands of U.S. Army advanced combat helmets. The subject of this most recent recall on Tuesday, May 18 is of approximately 44,000, 14 inch square, pink giraffe security blankets sold by Target stores between... 

Earlier this month we learned that a Tylenol recall was taking place in 12 countries, we are now hearing that the FDA are now probing deeper following the recall of 40 over-the-counter drugs. Several U.S brand name over-the-counter medicines are Tylenol, Tylenol plus, Motrin, Benadryl and Zyrtec. In Canada the recall has been limited to Children’s Tylenol Cough & Runny Nose liquid suspension,... 

Family Dollar Stores, a nationwide chain based in Charlotte, NC, is recalling 1.8 million toys that the chain sold between September 2005 and January 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of the Auto Fire Target Set on Monday, May 17. The toy set contains a semi-automatic appearing dart gun, eight darts and a five-inch target. Gordy Toy of Plainfield, NJ distributed... 

The recall for romaine lettuce is being expanded after nineteen people became sick after consuming the tainted lettuce with another ten cases awaiting confirmation. The cases stretch out over three states thus far. The first recall was issued by Freshway Foods last week after the company’s lettuce was linked to a case of E coli O145 in Ohio. So far, 23 states have issued recalls due to this latest... 

Feds Issue Recall of Best “Friends Jewelry”; More Possible in Future Prompted by an Associated Press (AP) investigation in January of this year, federal regulators have begun looking into safety issues surrounding imported children’s products containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. The government probe has since led to a recall of 19,000 “Best Friends” charm... 

After being fined $16.4 million dollars by the United States Government last month, now word has come that Japanese auto maker Toyota maybe facing more fines. Toyota was fined for improperly disclosing defects in Toyota cars that had been linked to numerous accidents and deaths. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has stated that if no progress has been made that more fines would be possible. LaHood... 

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), children’s Tylenol contaminated with bacteria was recalled. The report revealed that 40 varieties of children’s cold medicines were contaminated, according to a report from the Associated Press. Medicine involved in the recall included Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec. Only liquid formulas designed for babies and children were recalled. According...