Consumer Safety & Protection
Evidence-based vehicle checks, weather-driving guidance and child-passenger safety information for safer trips in every season.
Seasonal vehicle safety guides
- How to Drive Safely in Snow and Ice: Prepare before leaving, preserve traction, and know what to do when the vehicle begins to slide.
- Why Tire Pressure Drops in Cold Weather: Understand the dashboard light, find the correct pressure and inspect the tire before adding air.
- Cold Weather and Your Car Battery: Recognize a weak 12-volt battery before a cold morning turns it into a no-start.
- How to Drive Safely in Fog: Use low beams—not high beams—slow down and know how to stop safely when visibility disappears.
- How to Prepare Your Car for Winter: A practical winter checklist for tires, battery, visibility, fluids, brakes and emergency supplies.
- Summer-to-Fall-to-Winter Vehicle Checklist: A repeatable transition check that catches heat wear before rain, darkness and freezing weather arrive.
- Child Car Seat Safety: Installation, restraint stages and when to move up.
- Lemon Law & Warranty Rights: Educational explanations, official citations and extensive owner Q&A.