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Nissan Rogue sensors gone rogue: Drivers say sensors cause sudden stops
It should be a recall,” Levine said. “At the end of the day it’s going to cause people either crashes and potentially injuries that should be avoided if they just fixed all the Nissan rogues.”
Mother who watched son burn to death in SUV fire joins calls for answers from Kia, Hyundai
“We now have multiple years of reports of these catastrophic engine failures and the very slow reaction from the companies,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. When Carol Nash heard screams for help, she rushed out of her apartment in her nightgown and…
‘It’s a failure across the board.’ Advocates say RMV’s blunder points to bigger issues
“If the system is not set up to prevent someone with this sort of record . . . from receiving a commercial driver’s license, then it would appear the system needs a serious reevaluation,” said Jason K. Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. By Matt Rocheleau, Laura Crimaldi and Vernal Coleman July…
As postal trucks catch fire, USPS takes on big task of updating its fleet
It’s certainly something that needs to be taken seriously, and particularly as the older these vehicles get they are starting to surpass what was predicted as their long life.
Melting Dashboards: Consumers Demand Answers, Recall From Nissan
“Nissan’s refusal to do the right thing has been dangerous and amounts to ignoring the safety concerns of a blinding glare in addition to the unacceptable cosmetic damage that results. As we enter the summer…Cars get hot in the sun and Nissan’s resistance to recalling and repairing vehicles with this obvious flaw will now continue…
GM seeks to avoid Takata recalls for fourth straight year
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit consumer group, said NHTSA appears to be paralyzed in the GM case. Information provided by GM thus far isn’t sufficient for NHTSA to approve the petition, said Levine, who questions the validity of some tests done for GM. He questioned the need for…
Driverless Car Bill May Return to Senate – Soon
Jason Levine, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, took issue with the original AV START Act for requiring few new standards on issues such as cybersecurity, crash data reporting, and safety. “To continue this hands-off approach only encourages a race to the bottom by non-traditional automakers getting their immature technology on the…
Tesla Driver Sleeps Behind Wheel on California Highway
We join NBC Nightly News to discuss the dangers of treating Driver Assist technology as if it were “driverless.”
Why are there so many unresolved car recalls?
We join WBRC to discuss why there are so many unrepaired recalled cars on the road. Click here to see the story