Issues
New Rule Requiring Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Is Inadequate, Should Be Overturned, Public Citizen and Tire Manufacturers Tell Court
New Systems Not Required to Work With Replacement Tires, Allow for Dangerous Levels of Underinflation, Groups Say
WASHINGTON, D.C. A new rule requiring auto manufacturers to install tire pressure monitoring systems in new vehicles is flawed, does not meet the requirements set by Congress and would allow for motorists to ride on dangerously underinflated tires, according to a lawsuit filed today.
Hyundai Horsepower Deal Irks Dealers
Debit-card settlement won’t fully reimburse dealerships
By Mark Rechtin
Automotive News / May 24, 2004
Court Overturns Bush Administration Weak Tire Pressure Rule
In a major rebuke to the Bush Administration in a decision issued on August 6, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on June 5, 2002. The Court found that the cheaper and less accurate indirect tire pressure monitors were "both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious" while the more accurate direct tire pressure monitors complied with the Safety Act.
Trial Puts Spotlight on Safety of Car Seats
$106 million judgment against Chrysler and new safety studies intensify the debate over federal standards.
WASHINGTON — A massive jury verdict against DaimlerChrysler and some new studies have placed a spotlight oÂn a little-debated safety issue — how well seats protect occupants when a vehicle is struck from behind.
Court revives warranty suit against Mercedes
By Eric Freedman
Automotive News / August 01, 2005
Groups applaud auto safety provisions in highway bill
WASHINGTON — Auto safety groups said Friday a highway and transit bill approved by Congress would help deter drunken driving, encourage states to pass primary seat belt laws and lead to safer vehicles.
The safety provisions, part of a massive $286.4 billion transportation bill, offers an assortment of incentives and new requirements aimed at reducing crashes along the nation’s highways at a time when more than 42,000 people are killed on the road every year.
E.P.A. Holds Back Report on Car Fuel Efficiency
By DANNY HAKIM
DETROIT, July 27 – With Congress poised for a final vote on the energy bill, the Environmental Protection Agency made an 11th-hour decision Tuesday to delay the planned release of an annual report on fuel economy.
Jury deliberating case against Ford
By Marilyn Tennissen -The News staff writer
BEAUMONT – A family outing on a hot summer day two years ago ended in tragedy for a Port Neches family when 3-year-old Cade Wright was killed in the parking lot of a crowded sno-cone stand.
The family is now in the midst of a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company, claiming that the toddler’s death could have been prevented if the 2001 Ford Expedition that backed over him had been equipped with ultrasonic rear sensors.
Danger Under the Hood
A little girl dies; attention turns to a faulty Ford part
More than 500 fires reported in pickups, SUVs; probe centers on cruise-control switch.
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