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Used car dealers didn’t want to fix deadly defects, so they wrote a law to avoid it
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy organization, said getting Congress to act on a sales ban is daunting. “One would hope that more education of policymakers about the dangers would be sufficient,” Levine said. “One fears that more deaths and serious injuries will be necessary.” Carlos…
Lyft nightmare: Mother, baby forced to walk down interstate in rain after rideshare breakdown
Jason Levine of the Center for Auto Safety says rideshares should get the same scrutiny as taxicabs. “It’s certainly a lower level of required inspection for Uber and Lyft than it is for your standard commercial taxi,” he said. “Maybe they’ve never been driven commercially until three weeks ago when somebody decided to sign up…
Pickup safety lags behind cars, SUVs in safety ratings
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for auto safety in Washington, blames the government. “The reason pickups, which are among the most-driven vehicles in the U.S., are far behind all other cars and trucks is because larger pickups were given an additional three years when NHTSA negotiated…
Family escapes when Kia suddenly stalls, erupts in fire on 110 Freeway in LA
“Essentially, we have a large fleet spanning four and eight years, if not more, regularly catching on fire in noncrash situations,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, the nonprofit that pushed the NHTSA to open its probe. “As we saw with the NHTSA announcement yesterday, the manufacturers have a significantly…
U.S. safety agency to probe thousands of Hyundai and Kia fires
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in a statement that it’s long past time for the agency to investigate why so many Kia and Hyundai vehicles have caught fire when not involved in crashes. “While it may be six months post-due, we are gratified to see NHTSA’s Office of Defect…
Hyundai Finds New Engine Problem, Prompting Another Recall
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer group that has petitioned the government seeking more Hyundai and Kia recalls, said the fire and engine problems keep spreading to more vehicles. “This recall raises the question of whether we are even beyond the tip of the iceberg with these non-crash fires…
2017-2018 Nissan Rogue Automatic Emergency Braking Presents ‘Unreasonable Risk,’ Safety Group Says
“When automatic emergency braking works it is an important technological achievement in vehicle safety,” Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said in a statement. “However, when it performs erratically and suddenly stops the car for no reason, it endangers both the car’s occupants and any following cars that may crash into…
Safety advocate raises questions about Toyota, Subaru valve spring recalls
Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, called for NHTSA, the nation’s top auto safety regulator, to investigate the matter. He told Automotive News in an e-mail last week: “NHTSA needs to immediately review the ongoing recall remedy to determine where the repair is going wrong. Each of these manufacturers — Toyota, Subaru, Scion…
Study: Certain Kia and Hyundai engines more likely to catch fire
Last year, Jason Levine of the the Center for Auto Safety petitioned federal regulators to force the automakers to recall 2.9 million vehicles. “There are probably several million vehicles between the two manufactures Kia and Hyundai that remain not at a recall status that remain potentially a fire risk,” said Levine. TAMPA, Fla. — An…
Center for Auto Safety Letter to House THUD regarding Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request
April 9, 2019 Chairman David Price Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ranking Member Mario Diaz-Balart Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 RE: Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request…