Issues
NHTSA Seat Back Rulemaking History
PIRG FMVSS 202 & 207 Petition – 2/21/74
Termination of Rulemaking – 11/16/04
NHTSA Chief Counsel Womack on Seat Back Incidents – 10/25/01
Weak Oversight, Deadly Cars
By Clarence Ditlow and Ralph Nader
WHEN regulators sleep and auto companies place profits over safety, safety defects pile up. A record number of vehicles — more than 50 million — have been recalled this year, a result of congressional hearings and Justice Department prosecutions, which exposed a mass of deadly defects that the auto industry had concealed.
DOT, Automakers Agree on Proactive Safety Principles – 1/15/16
Click here to view the DOT Press Release/Blog – 1/15/16
Markey & Blumenthal Statement on Voluntary NHTSA-Automaker Safety Agreement – 1/15/16
Consumer Advocates Ask Auto Safety Agency to Make New Technologies Standard Equipment
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2015
Contact: Harvey Rosenfield
(310) 392-0072
(310) 345 8816 (mobile)
Consumer Advocates Ask Auto Safety Agency to Make New Technologies Standard Equipment
Urge NHTSA Not to Defer to Industry “Self Regulation”
Center for Auto Safety Moves to Intervene in Justice Department Lawsuit Against VW
Center for Auto Safety Moves to Intervene in Justice Department Lawsuit Against VW
January 5, 2016
Contact: 202-328-7700
New Recall by Honda After Death in Malaysia Is Tied to Takata Airbag
As scrutiny intensified from lawmakers and federal prosecutors over defective airbags made by the Takata Corporation, Honda confirmed on Thursday that a driver of one of its cars had died after a Takata airbag exploded. It was the fifth death linked to the defect.