Auto Defects

The Modernizing Seat Back Safety Act could get hung up in Congress

“For over fifty years the government seatback standard has been so inadequate as to allow the average…

CAS Virtual Holiday Celebration & Auto Safety Awards Gala

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EGB

NHTSA 2016 Enforcement Guidance Bulletin

EV Battery Fire Recalls

Date NHTSA ID Covered Vehicles Vehicles Affected 8/20/2021 21V650000 2020-2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV 52,403 7/23/2021 21V560000 2017-2019…

Tesla Sells ‘Full Self-Driving,’ but What Is It Really?

“One of the downsides of automated technology can be overreliance — people relying on something it may…

Tesla car battery likely caused devastating house fire in San Ramon, investigators say

Jason Levine of the Center for Auto Safety said “Tesla seems to put itself on a different…

Senators Call for Investigation of Tesla’s Marketing Claims of Its Autopilot and ‘Full Self-Driving’ Features

Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, told Consumer…

‘It Happened So Fast’: Inside a Fatal Tesla Autopilot Accident

The technology exists to limit where Autopilot can operate, but Tesla allows drivers to use it on…

US Probing Autopilot Problems on 765,000 Tesla Vehicles

“We are glad to see NHTSA finally acknowledge our long standing call to investigate Tesla for putting…

Seat Back Collapse News Archive

NEWS Seat Back Collapse: 15 Years Later Feds Still Fail To Address A Deadly Problem – 11/29/16 Safest…