Issues

CAS Statement on NHTSA $105 Million Fine of Fiat Chrysler for Violations of Federal Recall Laws

July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Record Fine is Poster Child of Inadequate Enforcement Authority

NHTSA Policy Memo on Responding to Defect Petitions Within 120 Days

July 26, 2015

Click here to view: NHTSA Policy Memo on Responding to Defect Petitions Within 120 Days – 5/15/78

Laws Hinder Prosecutors in Charging G.M. Employees in Ignition Defect

July 22, 2015

From the factory floor to the corporate suite, employees at General Motors saw indications of a deadly ignition defect and failed to disclose the problem to the government.

Yet even now that prosecutors are closing in on a criminal case against the automaker, their effort to charge individual employees at the center of the case has hit an obstacle: legal loopholes that the auto industry helped create. And while some G.M. employees still face investigation, the prospect of sweeping indictments across the company’s ranks has faded, according to people briefed on the investigation.

Senate Committee’s No Vote Incenses Lawmakers Seeking Auto Safety Reforms

July 21, 2015

WASHINGTON — The push to impose criminal penalties on auto executives who fail to disclose deadly automobile defects hit another roadblock last week when a Senate committee voted down such a proposal.

Lawmakers and safety advocates who were pushing to institute criminal penalties for such behavior expressed dismay as that and a series of other auto safety reforms — including barring used-car dealers from selling vehicles with unrepaired recalls — also failed to proceed.

NHTSA Fines Spartan Motors $9 Million for Failure on Recalls and Reporting Service Bulletins

July 10, 2015

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NHTSA Fines Forest River $35 Million for Failure on Recalls and EWR

July 10, 2015

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Senate Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Auto Safety Reforms

July 10, 2015

For Immediate Release
July 9, 2015

Contacts:
Bryan Gulley (Senate Commerce Committee Democratic Office) 202-224-7824
Josh Zembik (Blumenthal) 202-224-6452
Giselle Barry (Markey) 202-224-2742

Senate Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Auto Safety Reforms

Measure includes jail time, unlimited civil fines for concealing safety defects

NHTSA blocks former chief from Toyota testimony

July 9, 2015

Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blocked the agency’s former chief from testifying as a witness for Toyota Motor Corp. in a California civil suit, saying it could put the agency at risk.

In a July 1 letter obtained by The Detroit News, a NHTSA lawyer told former Administrator David Strickland that he could not testify in a class-action lawsuit against Toyota. The case involves Toyota’s Smart Key push-button ignition system, and whether it violates a federal regulation designed to prevent theft and roll-away risk.

Center for Auto Safety Comment on Fiat Chrysler Public Hearing

July 2, 2015

Statement of Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director Center for Auto Safety Before the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) On Fiat Chrysler Recall Performance July 2, 2015 Mr. Administrator and NHTSA staff, thank you for holding this hearing on Fiat Chrysler’s dismal recall performance. When it comes to recalls, Fiat Chrysler is an outlaw. Fiat Chrysler…

Statement of CAS Executive Director Clarence Ditlow at NHTSA Public Hearing on Chrysler Recalls

July 2, 2015

 

Click here to view the CAS Hearing statement – 7/2/15

CAS Statement on NHTSA $105 Million Fine of Fiat Chrysler for Violations of Federal Recall Laws – 7/27/15

Complaints to CAS on Chrysler Recall Problems