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Chrysler Pacifica Stalling
Center for Auto Safety Petition Center for Auto Safety News Release NEWS Recall Sought for Minivans Dozens of Owners Say Stall While Driving – 11/21/17 Advocacy group pushing for recall after van owners complain of sudden stallouts – 11/21/17 New York Times: Chrysler Pacific Owners Say Minivans Suddenly Shut Off – 11/20/17 Good Morning…
Feds Take Hands-Off Approach to Driverless Tech, Worrying Consumer Groups
Most Americans aren’t ready to trust self-driving vehicles. If that’s going to change as automated travel nears, consumer advocates say that federal regulators responsible for protecting the motoring public must set and enforce rigorous safety standards for the fledgling technology. But there are growing concerns the government is doing little to ensure autonomous vehicles are…
SAFETY ADVOCATES CRINGE AS DRIVERLESS CARS HIT PHOENIX ROADS
Waymo (Google) tests true driverless cars on Phoenix public roads, creating a huge test laboratory. November 12, 2017 — The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) says the federal government needs to do its job by creating mandatory driverless car policies enforced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a job safety regulators have allegedly…
Consumer Safety Group Calls for Federal Regulation of Self-Driving Cars
Center for Auto Safety says government rules could determine whether consumers are willing to give self-driving vehicles a shot. The Center for Auto Safety is calling for government oversight of automated vehicles, warning that another fatality— like one in Florida last year involving a Tesla—could set back public acceptance of self-driving technology by decades. While no fully…
BMW recalls 1 million vehicles for fire risk
BMW of North America has issued two recalls covering about one million vehicles that contain parts implicated in car fires. The recalls span six years of production and include numerous models of the luxury vehicles, but one of the recalls involves a valve heater that can cause fires in vehicles that are not in operation,…
Hit by Complaints About Fumes, Ford to Begin Providing Free Fixes for Explorers
Amid complaints by consumers about fumes and carbon monoxide seeping into the cabins of Ford Explorers, the nation’s No. 2 automaker next week will launch a free servicing program. Ford continues to insist that the vehicles are safe, despite complaints from more than 2,000 motorists who say they have been inhaling exhaust in their Explorers.…
Center for Auto Safety Comment on California DMV Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
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Howes: Self-driving car hype outruns market, rule-maker
Detroit — Jason Levine, the new head of the Center for Auto Safety, has a thought on the autonomous car exuberance driving the auto industry and would-be investors: slow down. Not because technology doesn’t exist to enable vehicles to steer, turn and stop themselves. It’s because providers of the technology — from Detroit, Stuttgart and Tokyo…
In Appeal, Auto Safety Group Says It Tried to Recall Jeep That Exploded
While the Georgia Supreme Court justices were reading five amicus briefs in support of Chrysler asking them to toss a $40 million judgment for an exploding Jeep gas tank, they also saw one from the other side. The Center for Auto Safety wrote an amicus brief in support of the family of Remington Walden, the 4-year-old boy killed…
Oppose the DOT’s Regulatory Review
Click here to file a comment by December 1, 2017 On October 2, 2017, the Department of Transportation issued a Notification of Regulatory Review of 20 DOT-issued rulemakings, asking for public input on whether these rules should be repealed, replaced, suspended, or modified. Eight of these rulemakings were conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety…