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“We are very pleased to help the Center for Auto Safety, which tried to get the U. S. Government to take action that would have spared our son from death,” said Lindsay Strickland and Bryan Walden in a joint statement. “People continue to die in fires in these Jeeps all over the country – it…
Remi Walden's Parents Starting Auto Safety Fund
The parents who were awarded a $150 million verdict—and later collected a reduced judgment of $40 million plus interest—for the death of their son in an exploding Jeep have established The Remington Walden Auto Safety Fund with the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, D.C. The family’s attorneys said Wednesday that Lindsay Newsome Strickland and…
40 countries agree cars must have automatic braking
Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said lack of U.S. participation in the U.N. group is embarrassing for a country that once led in auto safety. “It is yet another indication of the auto industry in the United States and the Trump administration’s complete lack of leadership when it comes…
In New Lemon Law Rankings, Illinois and Colorado Are Worst; New Jersey And Washington Are Best
“Today, in an era when new vehicles average over $36,000, the ability to return a lemon is more important than ever for consumers who are put in a frustrating situation, through no fault of their own,” Jason Levine, executive director of the center, said in a statement. “A defective new car is just like a…
For Car Buyers Who Got a Lemon, State Laws Vary Widely
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have “something that is arguably a lemon law,” but too many fail consumers, said Jason Levine, the executive director of the center, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded by Ralph Nader. In the worst states, Mr. Levine said, there might as well be no lemon law on…
U.S. will not seek to require event data recorders in cars, trucks
The head of consumer advocacy group Center for Auto Safety questioned the regulator’s move. In an email, director Jason Levine said the decision to withdraw the proposal “seems especially problematic as the need for uniform crash data elements to assist crash investigators only increases with every iteration of advanced safety technology.” WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
New Jersey, Washington protect consumers with best new car lemon laws
The Center For Auto Safety found that New Jersey and Washington state do a better job protecting consumers with defective cars than other states. New Jersey ranked first and Washington came in a close second place in the findings published last week. The study looked at numerous pieces of every state’s so-called “lemon laws,” which are put…
As mysterious BMW fires continue, calls for investigation into possible causes grow
According to Jason Levine, the executive director at the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, NHTSA is failing in its obligation to protect consumers. “These BMWs have [had] these fire problems for a very long time,” Levine told ABC News. “They’ve taken a very long time to respond to them. And it doesn’t seem that they’re…
More spontaneous fires reported in some Kia, Hyundai vehicles
“It is certainly more than 280. Sometimes we’ll see that’s a number that should be 2 or 3 times that number. Sometimes it can be 10 or 50 times that number. It really varies,” explains Jason Levine, executive director for the Center for Auto Safety. “Our concern is good for Hyundai and Kia for doing…