Issues
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
Click here to view video from ABC 11 Raleigh-Durham NC
Lead-off Toyota case selected as group demands NHTSA records
A California judge on Thursday selected the first bellwether case against Toyota in consolidated state litigation over the automaker’s sudden, unintended acceleration problems.
Amanda Bronstad
January 26, 2012
A California judge on Thursday selected the first bellwether case against Toyota in consolidated state litigation over the automaker’s sudden, unintended acceleration problems.
Fire deaths in Jeep Grand Cherokees continue to mount, safety group reaches out to Chrysler
Click here to read the article from Consumer Reports
Hawaii LODD Sparks Crown Vic Safety Debate
BY DAN NAKASO
THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER
Rounds of live ammunition exploded Saturday night inside police officer Garret Davis’ burning Ford Crown Victoria, a police cruiser the Center for Auto Safety calls a “death trap for officers in rear-end collisions.”