Issues
G.M. to Expand Last Year’s Limited Recall of S.U.V.’s
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration persuaded General Motors to recall almost 194,000 more 2005-7 sport utility vehicles for an electrical problem that could cause fires. A similar recall affecting about 278,000 vehicles was issued last year, but only in certain states.
G.M. had resisted both recalls, wanting instead to provide some owners with an extended warranty, according to two documents – one from 2012 and another posted over the weekend on N.H.T.S.A.’s Web site.
CAS Statement on Chrysler’s Agreement to Recall Fire-Prone Jeeps – 6/18/13
New Study Confirms the Brain’s Inability to Safely Drive and Use a Cell Phone
Think You Know All About Distracted Driving? Think Again, Says AAA – 6/12/13
New research reveals that voice-activated in-car technologies dangerously undermine driver attention
Chrysler defies request for Jeep fuel tank recall – 6/5/13
By Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times
June 5, 2013
For two decades, some Jeep SUV models have shown an alarming tendency to burst into flames after rear-end collisions. At least 51 people have died.
On Tuesday, after a two-year investigation, federal safety regulators identified a likely cause — defective fuel tanks — and called for parent company Chrysler to issue a massive recall of 2.7 million vehicles. The decision marked a victory for safety advocates who have compared the Jeep fires to the 1970s crisis involving fire-prone Ford Pintos.
CAS Letter to NHTSA Administrator David Strickland re: Chrysler White Paper
June 18, 2013 Honorable David Strickland, Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Administrator Strickland: Chrysler’s “White Paper on NHTSA’s [Jeep Rear Impact Fire] Request” is replete with errors and misleading statements, a desperate attempt to avoid a recall that could prevent more children from burning to…