Product Defects
Would you consider renting your tires?
Renting Tires It’s no joke that buying tires can be expensive, but would you consider renting them to save you the $400-500 you would have to fork out now if you needed them? Companies such as Rent N Roll, which is a rent-to-own tire store in Florida, are popping up in a great deal of…
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NHTSA Announces a Timeliness Query Investigation Regarding GM’s Delayed Recall
NHTSA announces investigation On February 19, 2014, Lance Cooper submitted a Timeliness Query to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) about General Motors’ prior injury disclosures to that agency about certain GM ignition switches. On February 26, 2014, NHTSA announced that it was going to open an investigation. Cooper and others have alleged…
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Melton Family Commends NHTSA Probe into GM Cobalt Recall
News Release Melton Family Commends NHTSA Probe into GM Cobalt Recall February 27, 2014. ATLANTA, GEORGIA (February 27, 2014- Ken and Beth Melton, parents of a 29-year-old Georgia woman who died in crash linked to an ignition switch defect, praised the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for opening a Timeliness Query into General Motors’ recall…
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Why Lawsuits Matter to Safety – GM Recall was 9 years and 6 deaths too late
Why Lawsuits Matter to Safety Many people only associate lawsuits with negative feelings, but lawsuits can be vital to your safety. Why is the Ford Pinto no longer available? Lawsuits. What improved the protection of your airbags and seat belts? Lawsuits. What changed the way your baby’s crib was manufactured to prevent deaths? Lawsuits. A…
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Tire Aging: What Regulatory Changes are Being Made?
Tire Aging At the Society of Automotive Engineers’ annual government-industry conference, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety standards engineer presented a summary of the agency’s tire aging work, although they are not producing and regulatory changes. The issue began back over ten years ago with the Ford Firestone rollover scandal. Although the Firestone tires…
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Auto Safety Concerns Often Stay Secret
Auto concerns often stay secret from public Herman Ray Evans was killed in a fatal accident when the tread on his 2001 Ford Explorer‘s tire separated and the vehicle rolled into the median and he was ejected. His case was one of fifteen fatal tire-related crashes just last year in Ford Explorers and mercury Mountaineers.…
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Does your vehicle have side airbags?
The Importance of Side Airbags Side impacts are as common as they are deadly. They are second to frontal impacts as a cause of fatalities in passenger cars and account for around 29% of occupant fatalities in vehicles. Because of the minimal structure in between the passenger and the outside of the vehicle there is not…
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Graco Recalls 3.8 Million Car Seats Over Faulty Buckle
Graco Recall Graco Children’s Products is recalling nearly 3.8 million car seats due to a faulty buckle that can make it hard to free a child in an emergency. The recall is the largest in five years. Federal safety regulators are reporting that the recall did not go far enough, and have requested that an…
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Toyota Informs Dealers to Stop Selling 8 Models over Fire Risk
Toyota Fire Risk Toyota Motor Corp. has informed North American dealers that they should stop selling several models that are equipped with seat heaters made after August 2012. Safety officials in South Korea have reported that the material in the part did not meet fire retardation standards in the United States. Toyota revealed that the…
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What you didn’t know about your spare tire
What you didn’t know about your spare tire Tire aging is the result of thermo-oxidative degradation in the internal rubber that bonds the tire belts together. It is something that occurs over time and gets worse with heat. These forces can cause the rubber in between the steel belts to separate, ultimately resulting in the tread…
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