Issues
Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Undue Influence on Safety Agency
by Christopher Jensen
There is no evidence that safety investigations conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been influenced by former agency officials who now work for automakers or the former auto officials who work for the agency, said a report released on Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General for the Transportation Department, which oversees N.H.T.S.A.
Auto Safety in the Breakdown Lane
By Ben Kelley
2/2/11
Toyota fined $16,375,000 by NHTSA (Floor Mats)
On December 20, 2010 NHTSA fined Toyota $16,375,000 for lack of timeliness in issuing floor mat recalls.
Toyota fined $16,050,000 by NHTSA (4Runner, T100)
On December 20, 2010, NHTSA finedToyota $16,050,000 for not conducting recall 05V-389 in a timely manner.
Toyota Recalls 308,000 RAV4 and Highlanders for Faulty Air-Bag Sensors
by Christopher Jensen
4/22/11
More than three years after Toyota first learned that its curtain-shield air bags could deploy without a crash, the automaker is recalling almost 308,000 sport utility vehicles.
The recall covers about 214,000 RAV4s from the 2007-8 model years and 94,000 Highlander and Highlander hybrids from 2008, the automaker informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday.
GM Airbag Investigations 2000-Present
GM Airbag Investigations 2000-Present
Investigation No.: EA00-004
Investigation No.: PE99-037
Make: Cadillac
Model: Deville
Model Year: 1998-99
Investigation No.: PE00-045
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Venture
Make: Oldsmobile
Model: Silhouette
Make: Pontiac
Model: Montana
Model: Trans Sport
Model Year: 1998-99
Investigation No.: EA01-014
Investigation No.: PE01-002
Make: Pontiac
Model: Grand Prix
Model: Montana
Model Year: 1998-2000
Investigation No.: PE04-076
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Colorado
A Hidden Threat to Drivers
U.S. traffic safety officials should get a better handle on the problem of missing air bags in used vehicles.
April 4, 2011
In 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a study examining fatal accidents in which a car’s air bag should have deployed but didn’t. The most common reason wasn’t poor manufacturing by automakers. It was that the air bag was simply missing, never replaced after a previous crash.
Letter from NHTSA to U.S. Rep Chris Van Hollen Promising Service Campaign Bulletin Disclosure
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GM to change company it keeps
By John Maggs
November 3, 2010
…But the end of government control of General Motors means that it will be free to resume its long-standing efforts to resist fuel economy standards, according to Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Coalition.