CAS letter to the NHTSA in response to GM’s Third Petition for Inconsequentiality regarding Takata airbags

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July 10, 2018
Docket Management Facility, M-30 U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
West Building, Room W12-140
Washington, DC 20590
Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov
RE: Docket No. NHTSA 2016-124, Notice 3. Notice of receipt of General Motors Third Petition for Inconsequentiality and decision denying request for deferral of determination.
The Center for Auto Safety (“Center”) respectfully submits this letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) in response to General Motors’ (“GM”) June 8, 2018, submission titled “GMT900 Takata Airbag Inflator Investigation”1 (“GMT900 Investigation”). The Center, founded in 1970, is an independent non-profit consumer advocacy organization dedicated to improving vehicle safety, quality, and fuel economy on behalf of all drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
On May 9, 2018, the Center submitted a comment objecting to GM’s Petition for Inconsequentiality regarding the automaker’s Takata airbag inflators.2 Today, the Center continues to urge NHTSA to deny GM’s Petition for Inconsequentiality3 and demands that GM address serious concerns with both the findings within the GMT900 Investigation and the information missing from that document.
Unless and until GM clarifies its findings and results, NHTSA should not consider the GMT900 Investigation in its decision to grant or deny GM’s Petition for Inconsequentiality.

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