Center for Autosafety

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2018 Contact: Grace Garver, (202) 328-7700, ggarver@autosafety.org   The Center for Auto Safety Welcomes Chief Engineer Fred Perkins Center for Auto Safety is delighted to announce Fred Perkins—an expert with more than 30 years of engineering experience—as Chief Engineer. In this role, Fred will be providing

For immediate release: April 4, 2018 Contact: Aidan O’Shea, Public Justice – aoshea@publicjustice.net, (202) 861-5240 Michael Brooks, Center for Auto Safety – mbrooks@autosafety.org 202-328-7700   Arizona Judge Rules that Goodyear Cannot Keep Court Documents on Possible Deadly Defect Secret Goodyear tried to hide d

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2018 Contact: Richard Eckman, 202-737-0766, ricky@jagillis.com                   Grace Garver, 202-328-7700, ggarver@autosafety.org             Jack Gillis and the Center for Auto Safety Reveal the Car Book’s Best Be

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2018 Contact: Grace Garver, (202) 328-7700, ggarver@autosafety.or Center for Auto Safety Statement on This Afternoon’s Senate Hearing on Takata Airbags   Ahead of the Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on the defective Takata Airbags, Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety released this

You’ve got a lot to think about aside from price when buying a new car. There’s fuel economy, safety features and reliability.  One of the most overlooked aspects of car buying is comparing warranties. And since most of us keep our vehicles longer these days, a good warranty is more important than ever. “Warranties do vary considerab

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Despite numerous deaths and injuries, millions of drivers have not had their Takata airbags swapped out as part of the largest recall ever issued. Since 2008, more than 37 million vehicles, with 50 million airbags, have been subject to the Takata airbag recall. But only a fraction of car owners have acted, with nearly 60 percen

Today’s new cars are the safest ever. That’s due, in large part, to a number of hi-tech safety features, such as lane-departure warning, rear cross-traffic warnings, blind spot monitors and adaptive cruise control. When you go shopping, you need to take the time to check which safety features are standard and which are optional, if availabl

WASHINGTON — There are new questions about a tragic accident Indiana last month when a 24-year-old man died after pulling his 3-year-old daughter from a car that rolled into frigid pond. Now we’re learning that type of car had a recall for a defect that could cause it roll away, even if the driver put it in park. Even though h