Issues
Service Campaign: Toyota Extends Warranty on Troubled 2001-3 RAV4 – 7/13/10
Under pressure from the California Air Resources Board, Toyota said on Tuesday that it was extending the warranty [to 10 years/150,00 miles] nationwide on automatic transmissions and electronic control modules on almost one quarter of a million 2001–3 RAV4s and offering to reimburse owners who had already paid for repairs.
Fewer dollars for school bus seat belts – 5/13/12
Fewer dollars for school bus seat belts
Program to save lives was unfunded to save money
May 13, 2012
Rental firms urged to heed recalls – 5/10/12
5/10/12
The Detroit News
Los Angeles court overturns small-claims judgment against American Honda over hybrid mileage – 5/9/12
LOS ANGELES — A judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented that her hybrid Civic could get 50 miles per gallon, according to a ruling released Wednesday.
Boxer Calls on Rental Car Industry to Commit to Stop Renting Unsafe Vehicles – 5/5/12
Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
| For Immediate Release: May 7, 2012 |
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Critics Blast Tire Pressure Warning SystemsSeptember 23, 2006 Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times Nothing but compressed air, certainly not the rubber tread on the tires, keeps your vehicle suspended over the road. So, the amount of air in tires is vitally important, a fact relentlessly driven home by safety experts but ignored by many motorists. Run-Flat Tires: Solving a Problem or Creating One?Christopher Jensen RUN-FLAT tires, which have been offered on some new cars for the last few years, are a soothing security blanket. They can be driven for miles after losing their air, allowing drivers to delay fixing a flat until there is a safe place to stop and avoiding a harrowing tire change along a busy highway. But consumers have begun to report problems with the tires. |