Issues

CAS and Public Citizen Letter to Mr. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO

October 31, 2002

August 8, 2002

Mr. Carlos Ghosn
Chief Executive Officer
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
17-1 Ginza #6 – Chome Chuo-Ku
Tokyo 104, Japan

Dear Mr. Ghosn:

CAS and Public Citizen Letter to NHTSA Administrator Runge

October 31, 2002

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CAS Recall Request to NHTSA Administrator Runge

October 31, 2002

August 11, 2002

Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 400 7th Street SW Washington DC 20590

Dear Dr. Runge:

1994, Early 1995 Nissan Air Bags Continues to Jeopardize Passengers; Nissan, Government Must Act

October 31, 2002

Aug. 7, 2002
Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook

About a year and a half ago, Public Citizen and The Center for Auto Safety asked the federal government to investigate a spate of severe eye injuries caused by passenger-side air bags in the 1994 and early 1995 Nissan Altima and require a recall. We knew at that time that the air bag’s design was defective and that it punched passengers in the eye when it inflates. We knew people were being blinded.

Defective Nissan Altima Passenger-Side Air Bags Blind People

October 30, 2002

Defective Nissan Altima Passenger-Side Air Bags Blind People; 1994, Early 1995 Cars Should Be Recalled

Approximately 197,500 Vehicles Still on the Road; NHTSA Investigating

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety today called on the federal government to recall 1994 and early 1995 Nissan Altimas because their passenger-side air bags are defective and can cause blindness and permanent eye injuries. They also urged people who ride in those Nissan Altimas not to sit in the front passenger seats of the vehicles.

Ford TFI Module National Class Settlement

October 16, 2002

On December 9, 2002, after five years of litigation, a settlement was reached in a national class action in California, Howard v. Ford Motor Co., that reimbursed owners for ignition module failures that occurred within the first 100,000 miles, and extended the warranty to 100,000 miles for any vehicle still under this mileage.