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2011-2019 Kia Hyundai 2.0 and 2.4L GDI Settlements
Current and former owners of 2011-2019 Hyundai and Kia vehicles with 2.0L and 2.4L GDI engines may be eligible for certain benefits as a result of a class action settlement. Benefits include the following: Warranty Extension Reimbursement for Past Repairs Reimbursement for Rental Cars, Towing, Etc. Compensation If You Sold or Traded-In a Class Vehicle…
US opens probe of steering problems in Honda Accord sedans
Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said people need to know the government is moving quickly when lives could be in danger. “With over 100 complaints into an incredibly scary situation — suddenly losing the ability to steer your car while driving — we are glad to see NHTSA undertake…
Phoenix ranks #9 for most vehicles with open recalls
“Right now, after 18 months, manufacturers can stop talking about whether or not they have finished repairing all of the vehicles that are under recall,” Levine said. By Susan Campbell April 29, 2021 PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — According to a new Carfax report, there are 53 million vehicles on the road right now in the…
Senators propose legislation to boost safety of vehicle seats after CBS News investigation
“The Modernizing Seatback Safety Act can finally bring closure to an embarrassing half-century of an unwillingness to upgrade a safety standard that can be passed with the average dining room chair.” Following a series of CBS News reports that revealed potential safety dangers in vehicle seats, Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal will reintroduce legislation…
Congress Still Has A Shot At Getting Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Right
“The amendment fails to provide consumer protection and instead essentially creates a fast-track process for manufacturers to attest that their driverless vehicle is no more safe than the least safe vehicle on the road today, before being permitted to sell tens of thousands of them and turning them loose in our neighborhoods,” [Levine] said in…
Investigation underway after 2 killed in fiery Tesla crash
“These electric vehicle battery fires are very different than your combustion engine fires where you’re dealing with gasoline as the source of the combustion,” said Jason Levine.
Safety groups, unions urge US to fix recalled gov’t vehicles
“This practice endangers the lives of tens of thousands of federal employees and all who share the roadway environment with them,” the groups wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden. By Associated Press April 15, 2021 DETROIT — More than a dozen consumer groups and three federal employee unions are asking the U.S. government…
Lawmakers, unions: Bill aims to protect feds from dangerous vehicles
“If you’re allowing federal employees to drive around in recalled vehicles, you’re not just putting the driver in danger, you’re putting everyone on the road who shares the road with those cars in danger,” Said Jason Levine. By FEND Staff April 5, 2021 Does your federal job involve using a government vehicle? If so, to…
Investigation: 25,000 government cars have open safety recalls that could endanger drivers
CAS Executive Director Jason Levine said, “There is no reason for the Federal Government to be trafficking in dangerous unrepaired vehicles under recall, yet that is the case today. Federal employees, and everyone with whom they share the road, are being put at risk daily by the tens of thousands of recalled vehicles they are…
Center for Auto Safety Statement on Federal Framework for Driverless Vehicles
For Immediate Release April 1, 2021 Contact: Jason Levine, [email protected] or 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Statement on Federal Framework for Driverless Vehicles The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) role is not to express a passing interest in what may, or may not, be happening with respect to the potentially most transformational transportation technology since the…