Issues
CAS Statement on GM Release of Valukas Report
June 5, 2014
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Center for Auto Safety Statement on Valukas Report
CAS Letter to NHTSA Administrator Friedman: NHTSA Failed to Consider GM Airbag Failures from Outside Safety Groups
May 22, 2014 The Honorable David J. Friedman Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Administrator Friedman: NHTSA has repeatedly said it did not see a defect trend when it evaluated ignition switch failure in Cobalts, Ions and other GM models in 2007 and…
CAS Letter to NHTSA Administrator Friedman: Proper Enforcement of Stalling Recalls Could Have Prevented GM Ignition Deaths
May 21, 2014 The Honorable David J. Friedman Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Administrator Friedman: NHTSA has defended its failure to investigate defective General Motors ignition switches in Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and related models (hereinafter “Recalled Models”) by pointing to GM’s…
CAS Letter to DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovell
June 9, 2014 The Honorable Calvin L. Scovell, III Inspector General U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., 7th Floor Washington, DC 20590 Dear Inspector General Scovell: The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) is pleased that you have decided to investigate the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) role in the delayed recall…