Center for Autosafety
Last week, the Center for Auto Safety announced it had reached out to America’s ride-hailing giants to encourage them to stop allowing drivers to use vehicles under active recalls. The group’s release references a Consumer Reports study from this spring that alleged 1 in 6 automobiles commissioned by Uber and Lyft had unresolved …
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RECALLED CARS ON THE APPS: The Center for Auto Safety called on ride-hailing companies to stop using recalled cars, following a study released earlier this year that showed 1 in 6 Uber and Lyft vehicles in New York City and Seattle had at least one open safety recall. “Uber and Lyft have the …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UPDATE, 8/13/19: The Center For Auto Safety is urging riding share companies to pressure drivers to fix their rides. Watch the full video on the CBS 47 website here.
Read More »Auto safety group concerned about recalls in rideshare vehicles
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Read More »How Many Uber and Lyft Drivers Are in Recalled Cars?
That’s why the consumer advocacy group the Center for Auto Safety Tuesday sent letters to Uber, Lyft, Via, and Juno, urging them to take steps to keep cars with unaddressed recalls off their platforms. “At a minimum, Uber should give its customers the choice of whether to ride in a …
Read More »Our Campaign to Remove Recalled Rideshare Cars from Service
Center for Auto Safety to Uber, Lyft, Via, and Juno: It is unacceptable to make money by allowing unrepaired recalled cars to be on your platforms – and picking up unsuspecting passengers. Unrepaired recalled vehicles are dangerous and can kill or injure drivers, passengers, bikers, or pedestrians. Exploding Takata airbag …
Read More »GM seeks to avoid Takata recalls for fourth straight year
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit consumer group, said NHTSA appears to be paralyzed in the GM case. Information provided by GM thus far isn’t sufficient for NHTSA to approve the petition, said Levine, who questions the validity of some tests done for GM. …
Read More »Nissan Canada recalls 90,000 Rogues over unintended braking
In March, the Center for Auto Safety petitioned for a NHTSA investigation, saying there had been at least 87 consumer complaints. “Nissan has attempted to address the defect as a service matter rather than a safety problem,” the Center said. Nissan Canada is recalling more than 90,000 Rogue crossovers because their automatic …
Read More »Used car dealers didn’t want to fix deadly defects, so they wrote a law to avoid it
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy organization, said getting Congress to act on a sales ban is daunting. “One would hope that more education of policymakers about the dangers would be sufficient,” Levine said. “One fears that more deaths and serious …
Read More »Hyundai Finds New Engine Problem, Prompting Another Recall
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer group that has petitioned the government seeking more Hyundai and Kia recalls, said the fire and engine problems keep spreading to more vehicles. “This recall raises the question of whether we are even beyond the tip of the …
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