Recalls
The Center for Auto Safety is nationally recognized as a leader in the areas of automobile safety and consumer protection. CAS strives to make vehicle recall information publicly available and easily accessible for consumers.
NHTSA Investigative Process
- NHTSA Letter to Nader Re: Defect Investigation
- Ford Response to NHTSA Death Inquiry Letter
- Ford Explorer Death Inquiry Letter from NHTSA
- CAS Files Freedom of Information Act Request Re: Early Warning Reporting
- Public Release of EWR Data
- Follow-Up Audit of the Office of Defects Investigation - 9/23/04
- Review of the Office of Defects Investigation, DOT Inspector General - 1/3/02
Recall News
- Car Seat Recall Nearly 10 Years in the Making
- Wisconsin Attorney General to DOT Secretary Mineta on Regional Recalls 11-15-05
- Info on Car Safety Off-Limits to Public
- Safety Scandal Shames Mitsubishi
- Former Mitsubishi President is Arrested
- Mitsubishi Motors Admits Decades-Long Defect Cover-Up
- Transmissions Prompt Large Honda Recall
- Ford: Truck Buyers Stuck with Lemon Diesel
- Safety Firebrand Refuses to Relent
- Dealers Caught in Warranty War
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Regional Recalls
- Don't Be A Geographic Recall Victim
- Geographic Recalls Listed by Manufacturer
- Regional/Geographic Recall Overview
- Consumer Groups Challenge the Use of Regional Safety Recalls
- Regional Recalls by Manufacturer
- Consumers Sue Over Limited Car Recalls
- Consumer Groups Sue Over Car Recall Limits
- Geographic Recalls in the News
- Letter to Dr. Runge: The Temporal Recall Problem
- NHTSA Reverses Redaction Policy
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