Action Alerts

NHTSA Places Sales Over Safety in Withholding Crash Tests

CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 330 Washington, DC 20009-1160 (202) 328-7700

January 5, 2004 (By fax & mail)

Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
400 7th Street SW
Washington DC 20590

Dear Dr. Runge:

Airbag Study Shows Huge Variation In Safety Records

July 3, 1997

Safety experts urge government to tell public which airbags are most dangerous

Washington, D.C. ... Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety today released a study revealing significant differences in the safety records of passenger-side airbag designs. The study analyses the auto models which have had the highest fatality rates in airbag crashes, and concludes that some cars are fitted with airbags much more dangerous than others.

Ford 3.8L Head Gasket Trouble

Dear Consumer:

Court Orders Ford To Recall 1.8 Million Vehicles In California For Stalling



COURT ORDERS FORD TO RECALL 1.8 MILLION VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA FOR STALLING
Ford Concealed Defect That Increases Fatal Crashes 9% from Regulators and Public for Years

Problem Seat Belt Chart

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Safety group sounds seat belt alarm on millions of cars

Safety group sounds seat belt alarm on millions of cars

01/22/02

by Christopher Jensen
Plain Dealer Auto Editor

Millions of Americans are driving cars with seat belts that may not protect them, because their original owners never had them fixed after one of the auto industry's largest recalls.

Destruction of the Research Safety Vehicle (RSV)

Since the successful completion of the Research Safety Vehicle (RSV) Program which saw the building and testing of some 60 vehicles, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has been haunted by the specter of these vehicles which demonstrated that safe, fuel efficient cars could be built. In the 1970's DOT was committed to demonstrating that fuel economy (CAFE) standards of 40-50 MPG could be met with cars that had 50 MPH crash protection, better than any car on the road today.

"Its Not Hot in Death Valley and It Doesnt Snow Hard In Buffalo"



"It's Not Hot in Death Valley and It Doesn't Snow Hard In Buffalo"

NHTSA Sings the Blues for Geographic Recall Victims

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