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Millions of airbags eject shrapnel, SF lawsuit claims
“The people who own these vehicles are literally sitting there for years, possibly in fear for their lives, with an an explosive device sitting right in their face,” said Michael Brooks, Acting Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety. By Bay City News May 26, 2022 (BCN) – A 95-page nationwide class action complaint…
Drivers complain of ‘phantom braking’ on some newer model vehicles, NHTSA investigating
“AEB is all over the place. We’re seeing different results. Some don’t work great at high speeds and don’t work great with pedestrians especially at night,” remarked Michael Brooks, Acting Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety. By Cynthia Gould May 25, 2022 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Complaints about vehicles suddenly slamming on brakes…
More people are dying on U.S. roads, even as cars get safer. Here’s why it’s a tough problem to solve.
“It looks like the major component of this rising fatalities is very behavioral, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stop it. We just have to be willing to,” Michael Brooks, Acting Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety said. By Michael Wayland May 22, 2022 New vehicles on sale in the U.S. today are…
Nearly 43,000 people died on US roads last year, agency says
The Transportation Department is moving in the right direction to stem the increase in deaths, but it will take years for many of the steps to work, said Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety. NHTSA, for instance, has regulations pending to require electronic automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection…
‘All of a sudden it slammed on the brakes’ Hundreds of complaints filed over auto braking systems
Because automakers voluntarily decided to do this, Michael Brooks from the Center for Auto Safety says there are no standards or regulations to follow for these systems. Brooks says that could be contributing to the problem. “We’re hoping that NHTSA takes the lessons that it learns in these investigations of the vehicles that are on…
Kias and Hyundais continue to burn after 5.8 million cars and SUVs recalled
Michael Brooks, with the Center for Auto Safety, said the recalls and repairs did not go far enough. “The recall did not fix the underlying problems with the engine design that caused these issues in the first place,” Brooks said. “We are going to begin issuing warnings to consumers and try to get the word…
LG Faces Tougher U.S. Scrutiny After EV Battery-Fire Recalls
“Performing this evaluation now helps ensure that Americans won’t end up in a situation like Takata, with tens of millions of defective batteries in our garages,” Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the Center for Auto Safety said. By Keith Laing and Gabrielle Coppola April 5, 2022 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators have opened an investigation…
Consumer Groups Commend General Motors’ Commitment to offer Recall-Free Vehicles on the CarBravo Platform
March 30, 2022 Contacts: Jack Gillis, CFA, 202-939-1018 Rosemary Shahan, CARS, 530-759-9440 Too Many Car Dealers Sell Dangerous Recalled Used Vehicles Washington, D.C. — In a rare move for auto safety advocates, leaders of nonprofit consumer groups that are usually at odds with auto manufacturers today publicly commended General Motors for the auto giant’s recently…
High-tech cars take the pain out of recalls, but there’s a catch
“We’re getting into the area where humans are used as beta testers and guinea pigs, and it’s not somewhere we want to be,” Michael Brooks, chief counsel at the Center for Auto Safety, told CNN Business. By Matt McFarland March 23, 2022 Tesla recently issued four vehicle recalls in a 12-day span. But Tesla owners…