Issues
Calif. court opens Honda trial record
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By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / November 14, 2005
TLPJ and Public Citizen Challenge Court Order Sealing Smoking Gun Documents That Show Ford Weakened Explorer Roof
December 1, 2005
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TLPJ and Public Citizen Challenge Court Order Sealing "Smoking Gun" Documents That Show Ford Weakened Explorer Roof
Senators Criticize NHTSA for Preempting State Tort Law in Roof Crush Rule
Click here to view the Spector/Leahy Judiciary Committee Letter to Acting NHTSA Director Jacqueline Glassman
Pinto Madness
A Mother Jones Classic: For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.
Mark Dowie
September/October 1977 Issue
GM makes 2 hybrid pickups available all over the U.S.
By Richard Truett
Automotive News / November 14, 2005
Volvo to Extend Warranty on Stalling Cars
November 15, 2005
New York Times
Ford Motor Co.’s Volvo subsidiary has quietly reached a deal with California regulators to extend the warranty of defective throttles in about 356,000 vehicles in the United States and Canada that are prone to stalling, the company said Tuesday. The car maker will extend the warranty of the ETM throttle, which can become corroded and force the car to stall or slowdown, according to internal memos obtained by The Associated Press and later confirmed by the company.
SAFETY LOOPHOLE: Ragtops escape roof-crush rules
NHTSA: Convertibles can’t share standards with fixed-roof vehicles
By Rick Kranz and Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / November 07, 2005
Roof-crush proposalNHTSA proposes to upgrade its standard for roof-crush resistance for the first time since 1971. Key provisions are
NHTSA roof rule comes under attack
Critics: Agency uses wrong method to test strength
By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / September 05, 2005
A roof over your headNHTSA’s proposed roof-strength rule would make these major changes.
Gov’t Considers New Vehicle Roof Safety Standards
Dennis Douda, WCCO
COMMENT: Lighter vehicles are not unsafe
Occupant protection gets better and better
By Rob Chapman
Automotive News / October 17, 2005