Issues
Grim Findings in Latin Crash Tests
SOME of the best-selling cars in Latin America and the Caribbean provide extremely poor crash protection, new safety tests show.
The testing by the Latin American New Car Assessment Program, known as Latin NCAP, represents the first comprehensive crash-test program for Latin America, safety experts say. Latin NCAP is an initiative of safety organizations including the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile and the FIA Foundation and is similar to NCAP programs that promote highway safety in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and Europe.
Honda: Girl’s Death Prompted Recall
Ashley Parham, 18, Killed In Crash At School
2/11/10
OKLAHOMA CITY — An automaker has confirmed to Eyewitness News 5 that the death of a local girl is the reason for the company’s latest recall.
Ashley Parham, 18, was killed in May 2009 in what looked like a minor wreck in the parking lot of Carl Albert High School. Her Honda Accord’s airbag exploded, sending metal fragments into her body.
Honda representatives told Eyewitness News 5 that inside each airbag is something called a propellant. It produces the gas that fills up the airbag.
Honda Airbag Inflator Recalls
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
NHTSA Date of
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Honda Adds 273,000 Vehicles to Long-Running Air Bag Recall
By Christopher Jensen
December 2, 2011
Statement by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Regarding Driver’s Airbag Inflator Recall Expansion
TORRANCE, Calif. December 02, 2011
Honda has expanded a previously announced recall of certain 2001 through 2003 model-year Honda and Acura vehicles to replace the driver’s airbag inflator originally installed in approximately 273,000 additional vehicles sold in the U.S. Affected driver’s airbag inflators may deploy with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury or fatality.
NHTSA, automakers address fire risks
David Shepardson/ Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, now investigating fire risks in the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt, has long made fire hazards in gas-powered vehicles a priority.
Automakers have issued about a dozen recalls over the last year for fire risks in gasoline-powered vehicles.
NHTSA has also opened or upgraded a half-dozen investigations into fire problems this year. It also has an ongoing investigation into whether more than 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokees pose a fire hazard.
Chrysler Grand Cherokee Recall Sought after Fatal Orlando Fire – 11/18/11
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CAS Address to Chrysler Board Feb 1991
https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/CAS%20Address%20to%20Xler%20Board%20Feb%201991.pdf
https://www.autosafety.org/wp-content/uploads/import/Chrysler%20to%20CAS%20Jeep%2010-14-11.pdf