Issues
Pushing to Close Gaps in Compiling Vehicular Deaths
By Cindy Skrzycki
Tuesday, March 16, 2004; Page E01
Every year, awful things happen to children in cars that do not show up in a fatality database run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Kids die in power window accidents. They get locked into cars that heat up like ovens. They are backed over by unsuspecting adults.
Also missing from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, or FARS, in some instances, are deaths caused when vehicles on the side of the road are hit and burst into flames.
Regional Recalls by Manufacturer
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.
NHTSA Recall No. 05V-385/Acura Recall No. P92
Vehicles: 2001-02 Acura MDX manufactured from August 2000 through December 2001.
Population: 22,861 sport utility vehicles sold or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and District of Columbia.
Consumers Sue Over Limited Car Recalls
By Christopher Jensen, Plain Dealer Auto Editor
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Two consumer groups sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Wednesday, claiming the public is endangered while automakers save money because the federal agency allows \"regional\" recalls of defective vehicles. In a regional recall an automaker is allowed to limit repairs to the region in which a problem is most likely to occur instead of repairing all vehicles nationwide.
Consumer Groups Sue Over Car Recall Limits
By DANNY HAKIM
March 11, 2004
Two consumer groups sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday over the practice of allowing automakers to limit car recalls to specific states.
Consumer Groups Challenge Regional Motor Vehicle Recalls
Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen Sue to End NHTSA’s Dangerous Practice
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit today that challenges the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) policy of allowing vehicle manufacturers to limit certain recalls of defective vehicles to select states.
Dallas plans to retrofit cop cars
March 5, 2004
BY SARAH A. WEBSTER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Ford Motor Co., which is being sued by dozens of cities and counties over the safety of its Crown Victoria police cars, said Thursday it will not pay for the fire suppression systems the City of Dallas plans to install on 775 of their police cars.
1994-1997 Honda Front Balancer Shaft Oil Seal
1994-1997 Accord
1994-1995 Odyssey, Prelude
Auto Industry and Regulation
Dr. Jacqueline Paver, Keith Friedman
Xprts LLC
501 Meigs Rd
Goleta, CA 93117
(805) 683-6835
E-mail: [email protected]
www.xprts-llc.com
Benjamin Kelley
3157 Hacienda Drive
Pebble Beach CA 93953
phone: (831) 920 2460
email: [email protected]
Sean Kane
Tony DiViesti
Safety Research & Strategies, Inc.
NHTSA Places Sales Over Safety in Withholding Crash Tests
CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 330 Washington, DC 20009-1160 (202) 328-7700
January 5, 2004 (By fax & mail)
Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
400 7th Street SW
Washington DC 20590
Dear Dr. Runge:
Crown Vic fire forever changes police officer
After 43 operations, cop caught in blaze is rebuilding his face, life
December 9, 2003
BY JENNIFER DIXON
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
PHOENIX — Jason Schechterle was burned so badly when his Crown Victoria Police Interceptor caught fire that the flames mangled his hands, seared away most of his nose and ears and scorched his brown eyes, leaving him blind for seven months.