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Jeep “death wobble” leaves drivers shaken
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Should Rental Companies Be Required To Fix Recalled Cars?
By Richard Read | HighGearMedia.com, Published: February 24
In 2004, Raechel and Jacqueline Houck rented a Chrysler PT Cruiser from Enterprise Rent-A-Car — a vehicle that had been recalled for a power steering fluid leak. While driving, the leaking fluid caught fire, which caused the sisters to lose control of the car and collide with a big rig. Both women were killed.
Enterprise changes course, says it supports legislation for oversight on recalls
Associated Press,
ST. LOUIS — Enterprise Rent-A-Car now says it will support legislation to increase federal oversight of how car rental firms manage safety recalls for vehicles in their fleets.
A Force to Fix Rental Car Policy
By Janie Lorber
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 27, 2012, Midnight
For months, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been fighting legislation that would make it illegal to rent vehicles that have been recalled by their manufacturers.
But it only took 48 hours for a Change.org petition to force Enterprise, the industry’s most powerful lobbying force and biggest political donor, to the bargaining table.
Hertz agrees to government oversight of recalled cars
In the face of an industrywide safety investigation, the nation’s second-biggest rental car company has taken the rare step of asking for government regulation to ensure that autos under recall are fixed before they’re rented.
Hertz has struck an agreement with safety advocates to ask Congress to put recall oversight of the industry under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., say they plan to introduce legislation to do that after Congress reconvenes later this month.
Mother launches petition against Enterprise
Joplin Independent
2/22/2012
BMW to Pay $3 Million in Civil Penalties for Untimely Reporting of 2010 Recalls
NHTSA 01-12
Date: February 10, 2012
Contact: Karen Aldana. Tel: Phone: 202-366-9550
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that BMW of North America, LLC has agreed to pay $3 million in civil penalties in response to the agency’s assertion that the automaker failed to comply with requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act that it report safety defects and noncompliances to the federal government in a timely manner.
Schools use same bus model that caught fire
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