Issues
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…
DOT Inspector General Audits of NHTSA’s Defect Investigation System
Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation
Markey Statement on GM Settlement with Department of Transportation
Friday, May 16, 2014
Immediate Release: May 16, 2014 Click here to view the Consent Order Click here for the NHTSA Press Release Click here to view the NHTSA Timeliness Query
McCaskill Reacts to GM Decision to Place Engineers on Leave
Senator: ‘It’s about time’
CAS Statement on General Motors $35 Million Civil Penalty
GM Fined $35 Million for Ignition Switch Recall Delay
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…