Center for Autosafety
With the release of the 39th edition of The Car Book—now available online—we’re sharing some of our best tips for car buying and maintaining your vehicle after you buy. The Car Book 2019 provides today’s car buyer with in-depth ratings of the 2019 vehicles, The Car Book’s unique crash test ratings, comparative complaint ratings, …
Read More »U.S. probes 553,000 Nissan Rogue SUVs for unintended emergency braking
The probe into 2017-2018 model year Nissan Rogue and Rogue Sport vehicles follows a petition from the Center for Auto Safety seeking a formal government investigation. The petition noted that Nissan previously issued a Technical Service Bulletin, launched two “Quality Actions,” and initiated a “Customer Service Initiative” to address concerns. …
Read More »GM Recalls Almost 3.5 Million SUVs and Pickups for a Brake Problem
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in an email that the recall’s timeline raises concerns, especially because a recall was issued in June for Canadian owners. “The question isn’t whether 9 months was fast enough to get from opening the investigation to this recall; the …
Read More »NHTSA Grants Center for Auto Safety Petition to Investigate Nissan Rogue Automatic Emergency Braking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2019 Contact: Katherine Pedersen, (202) 328-7700 x406, kpedersen@autosafety.org Statement from Jason Levine, Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety on NHTSA granting the Center’s petition to investigate false activation of the 2017-18 Nissan Rogue Automatic Emergency Braking system: “While we are pleased to see NHTSA finally …
Read More »The Car Book Blog: Maintenance
With the release of the 39th edition of The Car Book—now available online—we’re sharing some of our best tips for car buying and maintaining your vehicle after you buy. The Car Book 2019 provides today’s car buyer with in-depth ratings of the 2019 vehicles, The Car Book’s unique crash test ratings, comparative complaint ratings, …
Read More »Automatic emergency braking boosts safety but some complaints of false activations
“When they work, they are among the most revolutionary sets of safety technology that we’ve had in a long time,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety… “We believe it’s a real safety concern when you’ve got brakes engaging when they shouldn’t be,” said Levine. …
Read More »Center for Auto Safety Pushes NHTSA to Write New Rules Instead of Revising Existing Standards to Accommodate Driverless Vehicles
For Immediate Release August 28, 2019 Contact: Jason Levine, jlevine@autosafety.org or 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Pushes NHTSA to Write New Rules Instead of Revising Existing Standards to Accommodate Driverless Vehicles Submits Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Challenging Deregulatory Approach to Vehicles Lacking Manual Controls The Center for Auto Safety has long been …
Read More »As Automatic Braking Becomes More Common in Cars, So Do Driver Complaints
Automatic emergency-braking systems that are promoted as a safety feature in vehicles don’t always work as intended and at times activate when there is no risk of a crash, drivers say. Drivers have reported several hundred incidents to U.S. regulators in recent years of these brakes malfunctioning or not deploying …
Read More »What do you think you know about self-driving cars? What the experts say may surprise you
Center for Auto Safety Executive Director Jason Levine, professing technology and enforcement don’t always work at the same pace. “People say self driving vehicles are Just computers on wheels. We don’t regulate computers very well,” Levine said. Cars that completely drive themselves in showrooms a year from now? It’s a …
Read More »WHC Response Letter
Mr. Levine, Thank you for your letter. Our firm owns the majority of the vehicles operated under the zTrip brand. We have a thorough monitoring system in place to ensure any safety related recalls are performed within 30 days of notice. This system has been in place ever since the …
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