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The Problem with Used Cars and Recalls

January 27, 2014

Used Cars and Recalls Used cars are great, but they can come with significant problems. Thousands of recalls are placed every year on new and used vehicles. Though dealers promise that all necessary repairs are made, that is not always the case.  Carfax, an online vehicle history website, had over 2 million unrepaired vehicles for…

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NHTSA Requires Automakers to Provide VIN Searches for Safety Recalls

December 4, 2013

NHTSA Requires Automakers to Provide VIN Searches for Safety Recalls The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced its plan to require automakers and motorcycle manufactures to provide consumers with a free tool that will allow them to search recall information by vehicle identification number (VIN). The manufacturers must have this tool available by…

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Changes to Recall Regs: A Ray of Sunshine!

October 18, 2012

Changes to Recall Regulations Today’s blog posting is courtesy of Sean Kane- Safety Research and Strategies, Inc. When is a safety recall not really a safety recall? When the manufacturer submitting the Part 573 Defect and Non-Compliance Report (49 CFR Part 573) says it isn’t. The Recall Management Division’s files are dotted with many such…

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NHTSA issues eighth consumer advisory about dangers of 15 passenger vans

April 17, 2012

Last month a 15-passenger van was involved in a rollover crash when the left rear tire failed, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. There were 17-passengers in the van and the crash left many injured and one dead. Two weeks after the accident the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued its eighth…

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Toyota Unintended Acceleration – What NHTSA doesn’t want you to know

January 23, 2012

The Federal government is at it again. Toyota has spent tens of millions of dollars over the past few years trying to convince the Federal government and the public there are no electronic problem with its vehicles that cause unintended acceleration. Toyota was able to convince the NHTSA to conclude there was no electronic-base cause…

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