NHTSA Takes a Walk, Toyota SUA Continues
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2011 WENDOVER, UTAH – Last November, as NASA’s Engineering and Safety Center was dotting the “i”s and crossing the “t”s of its “exacting”...
View ArticleNHTSA to Investigate Seat Heaters
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Will the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determine that seat heaters exceeding human burn tolerance are...
View ArticleFuel Spit-back Continues to Plague Chrysler Vehicles, Owners on the Hook
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2011 Fuel “spit back” through the filler neck has been a longstanding problem in several Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models, caused by the Inlet...
View ArticleChild Safety in Real World Crashes: U.S. Standards Lag
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2011 FMVSS 213 Child Restraint Systems is an inadequate standard with a compliance test that bears no resemblance to what happens to children...
View ArticleHanding Over Safety
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2011 National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland opened the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference several weeks ago on a...
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The Next Defect Frontier: Electronic Recalls
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2011 In August, Toyota Motor Corporation recalled 1.2 million Corolla, Corolla Matrix, and Pontiac Vibe vehicles for improperly manufactured...
View ArticleGAO Study: Recall System Needs Improvement
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 2, July 2011 Carolyne Thorne; the families of Jackie and Raechel Houck and Levi Stewart – these were not among the stakeholders interviewed by...
View ArticleRulemaking Update
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 New Child Dummies for Booster Seat Testing Offer Advancement – and Raise Significant Questions Acknowledging concerns about the...
View ArticleDOT Inspector General Audit Finds NHTSA Defects Office Needs Improvement but...
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 The DOT Office of Inspector General has found that NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations followed its established procedures in...
View ArticleNot So “Smart Key” Standard
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation opened a Preliminary...
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