Airbags
Background Information
General Motors
- CAS Statement on General Motors $35 Million Civil Penalty
- Boxer Presses General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Rental Car Safety – 4/2/14
- Markey Joins Victims, Survivors of Faulty GM Ignition Switches Who Want Action & Answers – 4/1/14
- CAS Statement on Expanded GM Recall
- Detroit News Articles – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
- GM Ignition Victim News
- CAS Letter to NHTSA on Airbag Investigations Opened with Less Evidence than Cobalt
- NHTSA Recall 14V-047 – Available Documents
- VIDEO: Mary Barra Message to GM Employees – 3/17/14
- GM Redoubles Safety Efforts, Announces New Recalls – 3/17/14
- CAS Letter to NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman: FARS and EWR Deaths but No Investigation
- Markey Statement on New Information on NHTSA Role in GM Chevy Cobalt Safety Recall
- CAS Reveals Internal NHTSA Files on Cobalt Ignition Airbag Defect
- New York Times Articles – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
- CBS News Stories – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
- Citing Long-Delayed G.M. Recall, Senator Calls for Change in Safety Agency’s Process – 2/26/14
- NHTSA Inquiry and Early Warning Reporting Record for 2006 Maryland Chevy Cobalt Crash
- Markey: Earlier Reporting of Accident Information Defects Needed to Prevent Auto Fatalities, Injuries – 2/26/14
- Mother of Wisconsin teen speaks out after daughter dies in recalled car – 2/25/14
- GM adds 842,000 vehicles to recall linked to fatal crashes – 2/25/14
- GM issues rare public apology amid recall of 1.6 million cars – 2/26/14
- GM Apologizes as Ignition Recall Widened to 1.6 Million Cars – 2/25/14
- G.M. Report Shows Recall Investigation Took 10 Years – 2/25/14
- G.M. to Expand Small-Car Recall to 1.4 Million Vehicles – 2/25/14
- Statement of CAS Executive Director Clarence Ditlow on GM President Alan Batey Apology Over Expanded Chevrolet Cobalt Recall
- GM Expands Ignition Switch Recall – 2/25/14
- GM expands ignition switch recall to 1.4 million vehicles – 2/25/14
- NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2005 Chevy Cobalt Crash, Maryland
- Amended GM Part 573 Defect Information Report – 2/24/14
- NHTSA Inquiry and Early Warning Reporting Record for 2006 Wisconsin Chevy Cobalt Crash
- NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2005 Chevy Cobalt Crash, Wisconsin
- GM ignition-switch flaw reported to U.S. 7 years ago – 2/21/14
- G.M. Recalls Some Cars, but Not All, With Ignition Switch Problem – 2/20/14
- CBS Video: GM recalls Chevy Cobalt, other vehicles a decade after finding ignition-switch defect – 2/20/14
- 7 Years Before Recall, Crash Investigator Raised Concern Over Switched-Off G.M. Air Bags – 2/21/14
- GM Recall 14V-047 2005-07 Chevy Cobalt and 2007 Pontiac G5 Ignition Switch and Airbag Deployment
- General Motors Recalls 778,000 Small Cars for Ignition Switch Problem
- Lawsuit: GM knew of Cobalt ignition problem
GM Airbag Non-Deployment
- Document Binder June Hearing, House Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee, June 18, 2014 Hearing
- Markey and Blumenthal Query NHTSA on Auto Injury and Defect Reporting Compliance
- CAS Statement on GM Ignition Switch Victims Fund
- USA Today Editorial: Secret settlements vs. your safety: Our view
- Markey on GM Recall: While GM Nods, NHTSA Shrugs – 6/18/14
- GM Senior Management Committee & Field Action Decision Committee Find Stalling is Safety Defect in 2004 Recall 04V-289 Before Ignition Switch
- CAS Letter to NHTSA Administrator Friedman: Proper Enforcement of Stalling Recalls Could Have Prevented GM Ignition Deaths
- GM, NHTSA agree that stalling is not a per se safety defect: “Safety Improvement Campaign” 04V-540
- Markey on GM Internal Investigation: We Need This Accounting to Become Accountability
- CAS Releases Critical Study Of NHTSA’s Investigatory Process to DOT Inspector General
- CAS Statement on GM Release of Valukas Report
- Feinberg Letter
- Blumenthal, Markey, Nelson Introduce Bill to Eliminate Cap on Maximum Allowable Civil Fine DOT Can Levy on Automakers – 5/22/14
- Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation
- McCaskill Reacts to GM Decision to Place Engineers on Leave
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Record Fines, Unprecedented Oversight Requirements in GM Investigation
- Markey Releases GM Recall Documents
- Markey Decries Latest GM Recall Revelation: A Company’s Culture of Costs Over Consumers
- CAS Press Release: GM DESIGNED & REJECTED SAFER IGNITION SWITCH IN 2001
- Document Binder, House Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee, April 1, 2014 Hearing
- Bloomberg and AP Articles – GM Ignition Switch Recall
- NHTSA Asked to Investigate More GM Air-Bag Failures
- NHTSA FAILS TO ACT ON NEW GM AIRBAG NON-DEPLOYMENT DEFECT
- CAS to NHTSA on GM Airbag Algorithm Non-Deployment Defect
- General Motors Ignition Switch Recalls Homepage
Honda
- CAS Statement on Honda $70 Million Fine for Violations of NHTSA Early Warning Reporting Regulation
- Statement of Clarence Ditlow on Honda Tread Act Violations
- CAS files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request for Records of Honda Airbag Investigation
- Honda Airbag Recall Query RQ09-004 Documents
- Automakers Recall 3.3 Million Vehicles Over Air Bags
- Honda Expands Recall 11V-260, Issues Stop Sale Technical Service Bulletin to Dealers
- CAS Letter to NHTSA re: Honda Airbag Inflator Recalls
- Honda: Girl’s Death Prompted Recall
- Honda Recall 09V-259: Why Vehicles were not Included in Recall 08V-593
- Honda Airbag Inflator Recalls
- Honda Adds 273,000 Vehicles to Long-Running Air Bag Recall
- Statement by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Regarding Driver’s Airbag Inflator Recall Expansion
- Honda Is Investigated for Air Bag Recall
- Honda Response to NHTSA Timeliness and Scope Inquiry
- Recall 10V-041 – 379,000 2001-02 Civic & Accord, 2002 CR-V, Odyssey, 2003 Pilot, Acura 3.2CL, 2002-03 Acura 2.2TL
- NHTSA Timeliness & Scope of Recall Inquiry on 09V-259 (Aug. 2009)
- Recall 09V-259 – 440,000 2001 Civic, 2001-02 Accord, 2002 Acura 3.2TL (July 2009)
- Recall 08V-593 – 3,940 2001 Civic & Accord (Nov. 2008)
- Woman Nearly Killed When Airbag Deploys
- Honda Statement re: Expansion of Airbag Recall
- Honda Expands Air Bag Recall to 378,000 More Cars
Nissan
Other Manufacturers
Litigation
State Action
NHTSA Investigation
Press
- At Center for Auto Safety, a New Leader for a New Era
- CAS Statement on Takata Consent Decree and Fine
- Takata Airbag Homepage
- Statement of CAS Executive Director Clarence Ditlow on GM President Alan Batey Apology Over Expanded Chevrolet Cobalt Recall
- Nader Airbag Inventors Awards – 12-3-91
- Air bag recalls involve 1.3 million vehicles in U.S.
- Automakers Recall 3.3 Million Vehicles Over Air Bags
- Phony Airbags: What To Do If You Have Them On Your Car
- Counterfeit air bags could malfunction, explode, regulators warn
- Consumers likely to pay cost of replacing counterfeit airbags, dealers say
- NHTSA Alerts Consumers to Dangers of Counterfeit Air Bags
- Mercedes warranty Extension 2005 – 2006 ML (164), SLK (171), C (203), CLK (209), E (211), CLS (219), R (251), and 2005 – 2008 G(463)
- Statement on Failure to Pass Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010
Center for Autosafety