Congress Turns to the GAO, after NHTSA Blows Deadlines |
/blog/articles/congress-turns-gao-after-nhtsa-blows-deadlines |
Everything Old is New Again: Polaris is Back to Issuing Fire Hazard Recalls |
/blog/articles/everything-old-new-again-polaris-back-issuing-fire-hazard-recalls |
Cobalt Cover-Up |
/blog/articles/cobalt-cover |
Polaris Issues Stop Sale/Stop Rides, Where’s the CPSC? |
/blog/articles/polaris-issues-stop-salestop-rides-where%E2%80%99s-cpsc |
Polaris: Information Black-Out as Vehicles Burn |
/blog/articles/polaris-information-black-out-vehicles-burn |
Is NHTSA Ready to Strengthen Seat Backs? |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-ready-strengthen-seat-backs |
Will the Regs Catch Up to Vehicle Autonomy? |
/blog/articles/will-regs-catch-vehicle-autonomy |
Toyota Has the Most Keyless Ignition Related Deaths, But Takes no Action |
/blog/articles/toyota-has-most-keyless-ignition-related-deaths-takes-no-action |
Who Does the CPSC Protect? |
/blog/articles/who-does-cpsc-protect |
What does the Mueller Report have to do with auto safety? |
/blog/articles/what-does-mueller-report-have-do-auto-safety |
GAO Concludes Underride is Underreported, Duh |
/blog/articles/gao-concludes-underride-underreported-duh |
NHTSA Says Electronic Tire Registration Feasible |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-says-electronic-tire-registration-feasible |
With Rosekind Gone, NHTSA Retreats |
/blog/articles/rosekind-gone-nhtsa-retreats |
Underride Activists Campaign with Crash Tests |
/blog/articles/underride-activists-campaign-crash-tests |
New Analysis Challenges Bold Tesla Claims |
/blog/articles/new-analysis-challenges-bold-tesla-claims |
Preventing Heavy Truck Rear-Impact Crashes: We Have the Technology. Why Don’t We Use It? |
/blog/articles/preventing-heavy-truck-rear-impact-crashes-we-have-technology-why-don%E2%80%99t-we-use-it |
CPSC Takes on ROV Fire Hazards |
/blog/articles/cpsc-takes-rov-fire-hazards |
NHTSA Gets Real on Tire Fatalities |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-gets-real-tire-fatalities |
FCA Launches AutoPark “Customer Satisfaction Notification” Campaigns, Why no Recall? |
/blog/articles/fca-launches-autopark-%E2%80%9Ccustomer-satisfaction-notification%E2%80%9D-campaigns-why-no-recall |
The Persistence of Rollaway |
/blog/articles/persistence-rollaway |
Reflections of a Product Defect |
/blog/articles/reflections-product-defect |
NHTSA’s King Side-Steps Keyless Question |
/blog/articles/nhtsas-king-side-steps-keyless-question |
Tire Industry Declares End to Era of Recall Apathy |
/blog/articles/tire-industry-declares-end-era-recall-apathy |
Deadly Treestands |
/blog/articles/deadly-treestands |
General Motors Quietly Installs Keyless Engine Shutoff |
/blog/articles/general-motors-quietly-installs-keyless-engine-shutoff |
Seat Heaters Still Too Hot |
/blog/articles/seat-heaters-still-too-hot |
Is Goodyear Headed for NHTSA Sanctions? |
/blog/articles/goodyear-headed-nhtsa-sanctions |
Ford Asks for Takata Recall Pass |
/blog/articles/ford-asks-takata-recall-pass |
CO and Cars: Unfinished Business |
/blog/articles/co-and-cars-unfinished-business |
Litigation Pushes Ski Boat Manufacturers to Safer Designs |
/blog/articles/litigation-pushes-ski-boat-manufacturers-safer-designs |
NHTSA, Ford and CO Poisoning: Sickening |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-ford-and-co-poisoning-sickening |
Quality Control Systems Corp. Sues DOT for Tesla Data |
/blog/articles/quality-control-systems-corp-sues-dot-tesla-data |
Autonomous Vehicles – The Beta Test Coming to a Roadway Near You |
/blog/articles/autonomous-vehicles-%E2%80%93-beta-test-coming-roadway-near-you |
Who Are the Victims of Takata’s Fraud? |
/blog/articles/who-are-victims-takata%E2%80%99s-fraud |
And Now, the Rest of the Story on Keyless Ignition |
/blog/articles/and-now-rest-story-keyless-ignition |
Fiat Chrysler’s Transmission Woes Continue |
/blog/articles/fiat-chrysler%E2%80%99s-transmission-woes-continue |
Civil Litigator, Consumer Champion Heiskell Dies |
/blog/articles/civil-litigator-consumer-champion-heiskell-dies |
In Memory of Clarence Ditlow |
/blog/articles/memory-clarence-ditlow |
SRS Welcomes New Team Members |
/blog/articles/srs-welcomes-new-team-members |
GM Stiffs Takata Recall, Petitions for Delay |
/blog/articles/gm-stiffs-takata-recall-petitions-delay |
A Tipping Point |
/blog/articles/tipping-point |
Keyed up With Anticipation: Smart Key Hazards Still Unresolved |
/blog/articles/keyed-anticipation-smart-key-hazards-still-unresolved |
RMA Launches Feel-Good Tire Recall Database |
/blog/articles/rma-launches-feel-good-tire-recall-database |
Honda Finds Convenient Scapegoat in Takata |
/blog/articles/honda-finds-convenient-scapegoat-takata |
E(xploding) Cigarettes |
/blog/articles/exploding-cigarettes |
Out-of-Control Toyotas, Out-of-Luck Owners |
/blog/articles/out-control-toyotas-out-luck-owners |
NHTSA Progress Slow as Safety Crises Keep Coming |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-progress-slow-safety-crises-keep-coming |
Automatic Gates’ Deadly Legacy |
/blog/articles/automatic-gates-deadly-legacy |
Chrysler’s Shifty Shifter and the Wacky World of Defects |
/blog/articles/chrysler%E2%80%99s-shifty-shifter-and-wacky-world-defects |
Preventable Ford Airbag Death Touches off Latest Recalls |
/blog/articles/preventable-ford-airbag-death-touches-latest-recalls |
NHTSA Proposes to Affirm Canadian Underride Standard |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-proposes-affirm-canadian-underride-standard |
Not Very FAST Act Tackles Recall, Tire Issues, Closes Rental Loophole |
/blog/articles/not-very-fast-act-tackles-recall-tire-issues-closes-rental-loophole |
No Love for LATCH |
/blog/articles/no-love-latch |
Software Promises and Perils |
/blog/articles/software-promises-and-perils |
Decoding NTSB’s Tire Safety Report |
/blog/articles/decoding-ntsb%E2%80%99s-tire-safety-report |
NTSB to Release Long-Awaited Tire Safety Recommendations |
/blog/articles/ntsb-release-long-awaited-tire-safety-recommendations |
Takata Recall Tests the New and Improved NHTSA |
/blog/articles/takata-recall-tests-new-and-improved-nhtsa |
Protective Orders and NHTSA |
/blog/articles/protective-orders-and-nhtsa |
The Keyless Ignition Litigation Solution |
/blog/articles/keyless-ignition-litigation-solution |
SRS Welcomes Automotive Electronics Diagnostic Expert Aaron Beltram |
/blog/articles/srs-welcomes-automotive-electronics-diagnostic-expert-aaron-beltram |
NHTSA Consent Orders and Civil Justice |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-consent-orders-and-civil-justice |
The Safety World Loses Two Respected Advocates |
/blog/articles/safety-world-loses-two-respected-advocates |
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Goodyear Sanctions |
/blog/articles/federal-appeals-court-upholds-goodyear-sanctions |
Le Divorce? |
/blog/articles/le-divorce |
Former NHTSA Administrator Strickland Gets Part 9 Spanking |
/blog/articles/former-nhtsa-administrator-strickland-gets-part-9-spanking |
NHTSA Fines Bus Maker Forest River |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-fines-bus-maker-forest-river |
Dawn of a New NHTSA Era? |
/blog/articles/dawn-new-nhtsa-era |
Inspector Agrees with SRS: NHTSA Ain’t Right |
/blog/articles/inspector-agrees-srs-nhtsa-ain%E2%80%99t-right |
A Bus Crash, Litigation, and a Surprising Result: Part II |
/blog/articles/bus-crash-litigation-and-surprising-result-part-ii |
A Bus Crash, Litigation, and a Surprising Result: Part I |
/blog/articles/bus-crash-litigation-and-surprising-result-part-i |
Response to NHTSA’s “Path Forward” |
/blog/articles/response-nhtsas-path-forward |
Takata, Take Two |
/blog/articles/takata-take-two |
CPSC Slaps Office Depot 3.4 Million Times in Chair-tastrophe |
/blog/articles/cpsc-slaps-office-depot-34-million-times-chair-tastrophe |
What Do the Takata Recalls Really Mean? |
/blog/articles/what-do-takata-recalls-really-mean |
NHTSA Denies Toyota Unintended Acceleration Defect Petition |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-denies-toyota-unintended-acceleration-defect-petition |
GM Escapes Liability |
/blog/articles/gm-escapes-liability |
NHTSA to Tire Consumers: Google It |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-tire-consumers-google-it |
NHTSA Opens EQ Investigation into Hercules Tire Recall at Lawyer’s Request |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-opens-eq-investigation-hercules-tire-recall-lawyer%E2%80%99s-request |
The Wrong Fix for the Broken Recall System |
/blog/articles/wrong-fix-broken-recall-system |
Honda May Set the Record for the Longest Running Rolling Recall |
/blog/articles/honda-may-set-record-longest-running-rolling-recall |
FHWA Grades Guardrail on a Curve |
/blog/articles/fhwa-grades-guardrail-curve |
FHWA Breaks Out Rulers, Still No Idea Why Guardrails Fail |
/blog/articles/fhwa-breaks-out-rulers-still-no-idea-why-guardrails-fail |
Seat Heater Safety Takes a Back Seat |
/blog/articles/seat-heater-safety-takes-back-seat |
Taking on Takata |
/blog/articles/taking-takata |
Hackers: Coming to a Vehicle Near You |
/blog/articles/hackers-coming-vehicle-near-you |
UK Tire Age Bills Moves Forward |
/blog/articles/uk-tire-age-bills-moves-forward |
Unfortunate Chapter Continues: Toyota Bounced for $11 Million in UA Case |
/blog/articles/unfortunate-chapter-continues-toyota-bounced-11-million-ua-case |
Trinity ET-Plus Test Replicates Field Failures |
/blog/articles/trinity-et-plus-test-replicates-field-failures |
Mandatory Window Blind Rule Advances |
/blog/articles/mandatory-window-blind-rule-advances |
Behind the Honda $70 Million Fine |
/blog/articles/behind-honda-70-million-fine |
The Safety Record Blog’s Top Ten in 2014 |
/blog/articles/safety-record-blog%E2%80%99s-top-ten-2014 |
The Run Down on the NTSB Tire Symposium |
/blog/articles/run-down-ntsb-tire-symposium |
Texas Attorney Asks NHTSA for Tire Investigation |
/blog/articles/texas-attorney-asks-nhtsa-tire-investigation |
Time to Close the Silver Book |
/blog/articles/time-close-silver-book |
Improving the Recall System for the 21st Century |
/blog/articles/improving-recall-system-21st-century |
FHWA Pulls a NHTSA on Guardrails |
/blog/articles/fhwa-pulls-nhtsa-guardrails |
GM Airbag Non-Deployments: What the NHTSA Data Really Show |
/blog/articles/gm-airbag-non-deployments-what-nhtsa-data-really-show |
Elective Warning Reports Redux |
/blog/articles/elective-warning-reports-redux |
Industry Experts Urge FHWA to Test Trinity Guardrails Properly |
/blog/articles/industry-experts-urge-fhwa-test-trinity-guardrails-properly |
Takata Airbag Defect Explodes into Crisis |
/blog/articles/takata-airbag-defect-explodes-crisis |
Trinity Defenses Collapsing Faster Than an ET-Plus End Terminal |
/blog/articles/trinity-defenses-collapsing-faster-et-plus-end-terminal |
NHTSA Seeks Input on Electronics Rule |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-seeks-input-electronics-rule |
States Start Dropping the ET-Plus Guardrail |
/blog/articles/states-start-dropping-et-plus-guardrail |
Safety Research & Strategies Wins FOIA Case Against Florida DOT |
/blog/articles/safety-research-strategies-wins-foia-case-against-florida-dot |
What Good Can Come of Reporting Toyota UA? |
/blog/articles/what-good-can-come-reporting-toyota-ua |
Senate Holds Hearings on NHTSA and House Releases Staff Report on GM Ignition Switch |
/blog/articles/senate-holds-hearings-nhtsa-and-house-releases-staff-report-gm-ignition-switch |
Toyota: A Series of Unfortunate Chapters |
/blog/articles/toyota-series-unfortunate-chapters |
How About a Tire Identification Number Consumers Can Read? |
/blog/articles/how-about-tire-identification-number-consumers-can-read |
Are Trinity Guardrails Safe? |
/blog/articles/are-trinity-guardrails-safe |
Tire Industry gets Anti-Aging Reality Check |
/blog/articles/tire-industry-gets-anti-aging-reality-check |
NHTSA Finally Tackles Rear Underride |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-finally-tackles-rear-underride |
Toyota’s Gone Fishin’ |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-gone-fishin%E2%80%99 |
NHTSA to Initiate Consumer Awareness Campaign on Tire Age – No Standard Needed |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-initiate-consumer-awareness-campaign-tire-age-no-standard-needed |
NHTSA Finally Gets Curious about Exploding Airbags |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-finally-gets-curious-about-exploding-airbags |
While You Were Out … |
/blog/articles/while-you-were-out |
Litigating the Goodyear Way |
/blog/articles/litigating-goodyear-way |
NHTSA’s Message to the Defense: Call Us Before We Call You |
/blog/articles/nhtsa%E2%80%99s-message-defense-call-us-we-call-you |
Office Chair from Hell Finally Recalled |
/blog/articles/office-chair-hell-finally-recalled |
SRS Sues Florida DOT for Guardrail Docs |
/blog/articles/srs-sues-florida-dot-guardrail-docs |
ABC Exposes Broken Tire Safety System |
/blog/articles/abc-exposes-broken-tire-safety-system |
Safety Research & Strategies Sues FHWA for Guardrail Documents |
/blog/articles/safety-research-strategies-sues-fhwa-guardrail-documents |
Melton Family Charges GM with Fraud; Asks for Sanctions |
/blog/articles/melton-family-charges-gm-fraud-asks-sanctions |
Markey Calls for NHTSA Transparency |
/blog/articles/markey-calls-nhtsa-transparency |
EWR: Elective Warning Reports – When Manufacturers Don’t Report Claims |
/blog/articles/ewr-elective-warning-reports-when-manufacturers-dont-report-claims |
The GM Hearings – Our Take |
/blog/articles/gm-hearings-%E2%80%93-our-take |
GM and NHTSA’s “Magic Formula” |
/blog/articles/gm-and-nhtsa%E2%80%99s-magic-formula |
Graco’s Perception Problem |
/blog/articles/graco%E2%80%99s-perception-problem |
Toyota’s Billion Dollar Web |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-billion-dollar-web |
That GM Loaner May Not be Safer |
/blog/articles/gm-loaner-may-not-be-safer |
NHTSA Opens Smart Key Compliance Probe |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-opens-smart-key-compliance-probe |
Don’t Settle, NHTSA |
/blog/articles/don%E2%80%99t-settle-nhtsa |
GM Folds, Where’s the Fine? |
/blog/articles/gm-folds-wheres-fine |
Why Civil Litigation Matters to Safety: GM Edition |
/blog/articles/why-civil-litigation-matters-safety-gm-edition |
As the 6(b) Turns |
/blog/articles/6b-turns |
The Toyota Owners Left Holding the Bag |
/blog/articles/toyota-owners-left-holding-bag |
NHTSA Proposes Side Impact Protection for Children |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-proposes-side-impact-protection-children |
Burning Questions: Why Did NHTSA Let Chrysler Slide? |
/blog/articles/burning-questions-why-did-nhtsa-let-chrysler-slide |
Strickland Takes Express to Lobbytown |
/blog/articles/strickland-takes-express-lobbytown |
Antique Tires! |
/blog/articles/antique-tires |
Toyota Lawsuits Wrapped? |
/blog/articles/toyota-lawsuits-wrapped |
Tire Age Crusade in UK Begins |
/blog/articles/tire-age-crusade-uk-begins |
Will the UK Be the First with a Tire Age Rule? |
/blog/articles/will-uk-be-first-tire-age-rule |
Situational Science |
/blog/articles/situational-science |
Toyota Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of “Spaghetti” Code |
/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-%E2%80%9Cspaghetti%E2%80%9D-code |
Safety Research & Strategies Sues U.S. DOT in (Another) FOIA Dispute |
/blog/articles/safety-research-strategies-sues-us-dot-another-foia-dispute |
Honda’s Revenge Against the Pilot Owner Who Sparked a Recall |
/blog/articles/honda%E2%80%99s-revenge-against-pilot-owner-who-sparked-recall |
Toyota Electronics = Guilty In Bookout |
/blog/articles/toyota-electronics-guilty-bookout |
Toyota’s Motion is Extra-Judicialious! |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-motion-extra-judicialious |
Time to Call BS: Why Safety Groups Sued DOT Over Backover Rule Delay |
/blog/articles/time-call-bs-why-safety-groups-sued-dot-over-backover-rule-delay |
Haeger High-Stakes Poker |
/blog/articles/haeger-high-stakes-poker |
A Compliance Investigation on Home Elevators: Going Down |
/blog/articles/compliance-investigation-home-elevators-going-down |
NHTSA Chokes on Recall Rule |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-chokes-recall-rule |
NHTSA’s “Tough” Stance on Ford Recall – Eight Years Too Late |
/blog/articles/nhtsa%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctough%E2%80%9D-stance-ford-recall-%E2%80%93-eight-years-too-late |
New CO Study Shows that Home Generators Can Emit Dangerously High CO Levels |
/blog/articles/new-co-study-shows-home-generators-can-emit-dangerously-high-co-levels |
The Elevator Design Hazard That’s Been Killing Children for Decades |
/blog/articles/elevator-design-hazard-%E2%80%99s-been-killing-children-decades |
Crazy Ray’s Give Away! |
/blog/articles/crazy-ray%E2%80%99s-give-away |
The Wages of Fraud |
/blog/articles/wages-fraud |
Will Chrysler stand behind the Jeep? |
/blog/articles/will-chrysler-stand-behind-jeep |
Chrysler and the Jeep – Outlier? |
/blog/articles/chrysler-and-jeep-outlier |
NHTSA Drops the Hammer on Chrysler Jeeps |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-drops-hammer-chrysler-jeeps |
The Toyota Claimants Are Getting Restless |
/blog/articles/toyota-claimants-are-getting-restless |
The Ill of the Grill |
/blog/articles/ill-grill |
Jeep Fire Advocacy Heats up While Investigation Stalls |
/blog/articles/jeep-fire-advocacy-heats-while-investigation-stalls |
Senate Takes Up Recalled Rental Bill |
/blog/articles/senate-takes-recalled-rental-bill |
The Safety Record Special Report: How Consumer’s Union Shocking Child Seat Tests Forced the Recall of the Evenflo Discovery |
/blog/articles/safety-record-special-report-how-consumer%E2%80%99s-union-shocking-child-seat-tests-forced |
Liberty Tire Gives Consumers Another Reason to Avoid Used Tires |
/blog/articles/liberty-tire-gives-consumers-another-reason-avoid-used-tires |
The Continuing Case of Takata’s Exploding Airbags |
/blog/articles/continuing-case-takata%E2%80%99s-exploding-airbags |
Kia and the Breaking Brake Switch that’s Been Broken |
/blog/articles/kia-and-breaking-brake-switch-%E2%80%99s-been-broken |
Ford Unintended Acceleration Hopping that Class Action Train |
/blog/articles/ford-unintended-acceleration-hopping-class-action-train |
Betsy Spills Toyota’s Beans |
/blog/articles/betsy-spills-toyota%E2%80%99s-beans |
Triple Threat? The GAO Audits Saferproducts.gov |
/blog/articles/triple-threat-gao-audits-saferproductsgov |
Another Secret Chevy Volt Investigation? |
/blog/articles/another-secret-chevy-volt-investigation |
Submersion Lawsuit Highlights Escape Design Gaps |
/blog/articles/submersion-lawsuit-highlights-escape-design-gaps |
Thoroughly Modern Tire Dealer – Not. |
/blog/articles/thoroughly-modern-tire-dealer-%E2%80%93-not |
Tire Aging: Is NHTSA Ready to Make Policy? |
/blog/articles/tire-aging-nhtsa-ready-make-policy |
Top Ten Reasons We’ll Miss Ray LaHood |
/blog/articles/top-ten-reasons-we%E2%80%99ll-miss-ray-lahood |
Everybody Loves Raymond |
/blog/articles/everybody-loves-raymond |
Fixated on Floor Mats |
/blog/articles/fixated-floor-mats |
CPSC Investigates the Chair Office Depot Tried to Forget |
/blog/articles/cpsc-investigates-chair-office-depot-tried-forget |
A Defect Remedy Delayed? |
/blog/articles/defect-remedy-delayed |
The Fallout from Fire Pots Continues, Will Regulations Follow? |
/blog/articles/fallout-fire-pots-continues-will-regulations-follow |
Another Domino Falls: GM Adds Tire Age Warning |
/blog/articles/another-domino-falls-gm-adds-tire-age-warning |
Office Depot Declines to Launch Recall for a Chair that Launches Occupants Backwards |
/blog/articles/office-depot-declines-launch-recall-chair-launches-occupants-backwards |
Moving Tire Recalls into the 21st Century |
/blog/articles/moving-tire-recalls-21st-century |
Pattern of Fraud Brings Down Goodyear |
/blog/articles/pattern-fraud-brings-down-goodyear |
Why is Toyota Recalling the Land Cruiser? |
/blog/articles/why-toyota-recalling-land-cruiser |
Ford Steering Problems Come into Focus |
/blog/articles/ford-steering-problems-come-focus |
Whatever Happened to Company Doe? |
/blog/articles/whatever-happened-company-doe |
Toyota Power Window Fires and Excessive Lubrication: A Worldwide Epidemic |
/blog/articles/toyota-power-window-fires-and-excessive-lubrication-worldwide-epidemic |
Changes to Recall Regs: A Ray of Sunshine! |
/blog/articles/changes-recall-regs-ray-sunshine |
Further Tinkering to EWR Unlikely to Make it More Useful |
/blog/articles/further-tinkering-ewr-unlikely-make-it-more-useful |
CPSC Considers Slight Change to Policy of Announcing Defects; World Ends |
/blog/articles/cpsc-considers-slight-change-policy-announcing-defects-world-ends |
Lexus RX Floor Mat Recall: NHTSA’s House of Cards Adds a New Floor |
/blog/articles/lexus-rx-floor-mat-recall-nhtsa%E2%80%99s-house-cards-adds-new-floor |
Home Use Generators: Dangerous and Behind the Curve |
/blog/articles/home-use-generators-dangerous-and-behind-curve |
The Pedal Error Error |
/blog/articles/pedal-error-error |
How to Get Toyota to Listen to Customers. Hint: Bring Your Lawyer |
/blog/articles/how-get-toyota-listen-customers-hint-bring-your-lawyer |
Why are Pedestrian Deaths Rising? |
/blog/articles/why-are-pedestrian-deaths-rising |
Too Big to Crash? |
/blog/articles/too-big-crash |
Toyota: The Other Numbers |
/blog/articles/toyota-other-numbers |
DOT Settles Lawsuit over Toyota UA Documents, New Congressional Inquiry Raises More Questions |
/blog/articles/dot-settles-lawsuit-over-toyota-ua-documents-new-congressional-inquiry-raises-more |
NHTSA Wobbles to Congress on Shaky Jeep Issue |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-wobbles-congress-shaky-jeep-issue |
Toyota and the Case of the Electronic Floor Mat Entrapment |
/blog/articles/toyota-and-case-electronic-floor-mat-entrapment |
Is Safety Cheaper? |
/blog/articles/safety-cheaper |
Better Consumer Protection in China? |
/blog/articles/better-consumer-protection-china |
Sudden Unintended Braking: The Mercedes Problem that Didn’t Go Away |
/blog/articles/sudden-unintended-braking-mercedes-problem-didn%E2%80%99t-go-away |
It’s Tire Safety Week! Is There Anything to Celebrate? |
/blog/articles/it%E2%80%99s-tire-safety-week-there-anything-celebrate |
Ford Offers “False” Testimony; Alliance Swears to It |
/blog/articles/ford-offers-%E2%80%9Cfalse%E2%80%9D-testimony-alliance-swears-it |
NHTSA Proposes Rubber Stamp Brake Throttle Override Rule |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-proposes-rubber-stamp-brake-throttle-override-rule |
Button Battery Ingestion on the Rise |
/blog/articles/button-battery-ingestion-rise |
Who Owns Your Black Box Data? |
/blog/articles/who-owns-your-black-box-data |
CPSC Tries to Put the Lid on Fire Pots |
/blog/articles/cpsc-tries-put-lid-fire-pots |
The Poker Face of Wall Street Calls NHTSA’s Bluff |
/blog/articles/poker-face-wall-street-calls-nhtsa%E2%80%99s-bluff |
Technical Upstart Schools NHTSA on Toyota Electronics |
/blog/articles/technical-upstart-schools-nhtsa-toyota-electronics |
What Doesn’t NHTSA Want You to Know About Auto Safety? |
/blog/articles/what-doesn%E2%80%99t-nhtsa-want-you-know-about-auto-safety |
NHTSA’s FOIA Problem |
/blog/articles/nhtsas-foia-problem |
Another Toyota SUA Fatality? |
/blog/articles/another-toyota-sua-fatality |
NHTSA Issues Eighth Consumer Advisory about Dangers of 15-Passenger Vans |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-issues-eighth-consumer-advisory-about-dangers-15-passenger-vans |
Burning Question: Why are Some Manufacturers Investigated for Door Fires, Others Not? |
/blog/articles/burning-question-why-are-some-manufacturers-investigated-door-fires-others-not |
Another CO Smart Key Death… and what Happens when Smart Keys Collide? |
/blog/articles/another-co-smart-key-death-and-what-happens-when-smart-keys-collide |
Toyota Throws a Hissy |
/blog/articles/toyota-throws-hissy |
The Heavy Price of a Delayed Recall |
/blog/articles/heavy-price-delayed-recall |
Automakers Blame Drivers, But Settle Unintended Acceleration Cases |
/blog/articles/automakers-blame-drivers-settle-unintended-acceleration-cases |
Tire Dealers Rally for RMA and Against Customers on Tire Aging Bill |
/blog/articles/tire-dealers-rally-rma-and-against-customers-tire-aging-bill |
Lawmakers Try to Close FDA Loopholes |
/blog/articles/lawmakers-try-close-fda-loopholes |
Michelin Rapped for “Bad Faith Conduct” |
/blog/articles/michelin-rapped-bad-faith-conduct |
Why Toyota Has a Whisker Across its Bumper |
/blog/articles/why-toyota-has-whisker-across-its-bumper |
NHTSA: No Evidence Prius Unintended Acceleration Linked to Known Causes |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-no-evidence-prius-unintended-acceleration-linked-known-causes |
Government Officials Video Electronic Unintended Acceleration in Toyota: NHTSA Hides Information, SRS Sues Agency for Records |
/blog/articles/government-officials-video-electronic-unintended-acceleration-toyota-nhtsa-hides |
Nine Recalls, Ten Investigations and Toyota Unintended Acceleration Continues |
/blog/articles/nine-recalls-ten-investigations-and-toyota-unintended-acceleration-continues |
NAS Report on Vehicle Electronics and UA: More Weak Tea |
/blog/articles/nas-report-vehicle-electronics-and-ua-more-weak-tea |
Keep Your Head in a Tornado |
/blog/articles/keep-your-head-tornado |
When Occupant Detection Sensors Don’t Make Sense? |
/blog/articles/when-occupant-detection-sensors-dont-make-sense |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Car… |
/blog/articles/funny-thing-happened-way-my-car%E2%80%A6 |
Safety Research & Strategies Takes DOT and NHTSA Transparency Battle to Court; Sues for Toyota Investigation Documents |
/blog/articles/safety-research-strategies-takes-dot-and-nhtsa-transparency-battle-court-sues-toyota |
Slow Burn: Chevy Volt Fires |
/blog/articles/slow-burn-chevy-volt-fires |
The Dark Side of Lighters |
/blog/articles/dark-side-lighters |
Not So “Smart Key” Standard |
/blog/articles/not-so-%E2%80%9Csmart-key%E2%80%9D-standard |
Young Riders Not Big or Heavy Enough to Ride ATVS |
/blog/articles/young-riders-not-big-or-heavy-enough-ride-atvs |
The Case of the Collapsing Seat: Weak Standards and No Oversight Led to a Fatal Defect |
/blog/articles/case-collapsing-seat-weak-standards-and-no-oversight-led-fatal-defect |
Will Manufacturers Kill the Used Tires Biz? |
/blog/articles/will-manufacturers-kill-used-tires-biz |
Escalator Injuries and Deaths and the Role of Design |
/blog/articles/escalator-injuries-and-deaths-and-role-design |
NHTSAball: How the Agency Plays the Game |
/blog/articles/nhtsaball-how-agency-plays-game |
Tire Known Unknowns: Decoding the Date |
/blog/articles/tire-known-unknowns-decoding-date |
How Ford Concealed Evidence of Electronically-Caused UA and What it Means Today |
/blog/articles/how-ford-concealed-evidence-electronically-caused-ua-and-what-it-means-today |
Independent Scientists Find More Trouble in Toyotas |
/blog/articles/independent-scientists-find-more-trouble-toyotas |
NHTSA Keeps Toyota’s Secrets, Part II |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-keeps-toyota%E2%80%99s-secrets-part-ii |
Judge Finds Ford Fraudulently Concealed Electronic Causes of Unintended Acceleration |
/blog/articles/judge-finds-ford-fraudulently-concealed-electronic-causes-unintended-acceleration |
How NHTSA and NASA Gamed the Toyota Data |
/blog/articles/how-nhtsa-and-nasa-gamed-toyota-data |
Time to Examine Rear-Facing Infant Seat Safety Improvements? |
/blog/articles/time-examine-rear-facing-infant-seat-safety-improvements |
Memo to the Medical Device Industry: You’ve Got Problems |
/blog/articles/memo-medical-device-industry-you%E2%80%99ve-got-problems |
Taking the Burn Out of Seat Heaters |
/blog/articles/taking-burn-out-seat-heaters |
Hindsight’s Still 20-20: The Toyota Quality Report |
/blog/articles/hindsight%E2%80%99s-still-20-20-toyota-quality-report |
Keeping Automakers’ Sales Truly Safe: The Edmund’s Conference |
/blog/articles/keeping-automakers%E2%80%99-sales-truly-safe-edmund%E2%80%99s-conference |
NHTSA-NASA Reports Show That Toyota Electronics are Deficient – Can Lead to Unintended Acceleration: Toyota’s Involvement Exposed in New Documents |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-nasa-reports-show-toyota-electronics-are-deficient-%E2%80%93-can-lead-unintended |
What Got Stuck in NHTSA’s Craw |
/blog/articles/what-got-stuck-nhtsa%E2%80%99s-craw |
Updated Toyota Report: The Recall Ate My Floormat! |
/blog/articles/updated-toyota-report-recall-ate-my-floormat |
Bus Safety Buzz Kill |
/blog/articles/bus-safety-buzz-kill |
Car Salesmen and Math |
/blog/articles/car-salesmen-and-math |
Sticky Throttles Everywhere! |
/blog/articles/sticky-throttles-everywhere |
Another Toyota Verdict Is In |
/blog/articles/another-toyota-verdict |
IIHS Asks NHTSA for Stronger Underride Rule |
/blog/articles/iihs-asks-nhtsa-stronger-underride-rule |
Fuel Spit-back Continues to Plague Chrysler Vehicles, Owners on the Hook |
/blog/articles/fuel-spit-back-continues-plague-chrysler-vehicles-owners-hook |
Another Attack of the Killer Floor Mats: Sarasota Edition |
/blog/articles/another-attack-killer-floor-mats-sarasota-edition |
It’s Time to Make Seat Heaters Safer |
/blog/articles/it%E2%80%99s-time-make-seat-heaters-safer |
We Read the Report. Did Ray? |
/blog/articles/we-read-report-did-ray |
NHTSA Shuts the Door on Toyota Electronics in High Speed SUA – NASA, Not so Much |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-shuts-door-toyota-electronics-high-speed-sua-%E2%80%93-nasa-not-so-much |
What We Know About Toyota Electronics |
/blog/articles/what-we-know-about-toyota-electronics |
Toyota Replicated Incidents |
/blog/articles/toyota-replicated-incidents |
Stupid Tricks with Smart Keys |
/blog/articles/stupid-tricks-smart-keys |
Roll Me Over – One More Time |
/blog/articles/roll-me-over-%E2%80%93-one-more-time |
Toyotas — Erratic By Design and the Case of the Duplicated Condition |
/blog/articles/toyotas-erratic-design-and-case-duplicated-condition |
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration: We’ve Got the Numbers! |
/blog/articles/toyota-sudden-unintended-acceleration-we%E2%80%99ve-got-numbers |
Bigger Bags, Better Glass |
/blog/articles/bigger-bags-better-glass |
So What About the Defects? |
/blog/articles/so-what-about-defects |
Double Ding for Toyota |
/blog/articles/double-ding-toyota |
Greater Than Axle Failure |
/blog/articles/greater-axle-failure |
Round 437: No One Cares About Kids in Cars – Still |
/blog/articles/round-437-no-one-cares-about-kids-cars-%E2%80%93-still |
Are Rear Underride Guards Overrated? |
/blog/articles/are-rear-underride-guards-overrated |
A Better Way to Spot the Tot: Rear View Cameras! |
/blog/articles/better-way-spot-tot-rear-view-cameras |
Product Safety Takes a Big Leap Forward |
/blog/articles/product-safety-takes-big-leap-forward |
The Right Way and the Wrong Way |
/blog/articles/right-way-and-wrong-way |
CPSC Puts Information in Hands of Consumers |
/blog/articles/cpsc-puts-information-hands-consumers |
The Corrections |
/blog/articles/corrections |
Is This the Best You Can Do? |
/blog/articles/best-you-can-do |
Toyota’s Quiet Buybacks Speak Up |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-quiet-buybacks-speak |
SRS Releases Update Report: Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration |
/blog/articles/srs-releases-update-report-toyota-sudden-unintended-acceleration |
And Now for Something Completely Different: Musical Tribute to Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration |
/blog/articles/and-now-something-completely-different-musical-tribute-toyota-sudden-unintended |
Makin’ It Fit, So We Can Acquit |
/blog/articles/makin%E2%80%99-it-fit-so-we-can-acquit |
Segway to Serious Injuries |
/blog/articles/segway-serious-injuries |
15 Passenger Vans: Still Dangerous After All These Years |
/blog/articles/15-passenger-vans-still-dangerous-after-all-these-years |
Could Crib Tents Become a Regulated Product? |
/blog/articles/could-crib-tents-become-regulated-product |
Toyota’s Brain Hurts |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-brain-hurts |
Toyota Dealers to Customers: It’s Not Me, It’s You |
/blog/articles/toyota-dealers-customers-it%E2%80%99s-not-me-it%E2%80%99s-you |
No Black Box Exoneration for Toyota, Part II |
/blog/articles/no-black-box-exoneration-toyota-part-ii |
Money for Nothing and Complaints for Free |
/blog/articles/money-nothing-and-complaints-free |
Lawsuits Fill in Outline of Toyota Sudden Accleration Cover-Up |
/blog/articles/lawsuits-fill-outline-toyota-sudden-accleration-cover |
Will Toyota Be Number One in Criminal Violations Under the TREAD Act? |
/blog/articles/will-toyota-be-number-one-criminal-violations-under-tread-act |
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration: The New Numbers Are In! |
/blog/articles/toyota-sudden-unintended-acceleration-new-numbers-are |
Jury Finds Sunbeam’s Improved Electric Blanket Circuit Still Doesn’t Fail Safe |
/blog/articles/jury-finds-sunbeam%E2%80%99s-improved-electric-blanket-circuit-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-fail-safe |
No Black Box Exoneration for Toyota |
/blog/articles/no-black-box-exoneration-toyota |
Every Time We Learn Something Else, It Gets Worse (for Toyota) |
/blog/articles/every-time-we-learn-something-else-it-gets-worse-toyota |
Toyota Washington Watch |
/blog/articles/toyota-washington-watch |
Goodyear G159 Tire Failures on RVs Finally Dragged Into the Public Eye |
/blog/articles/goodyear-g159-tire-failures-rvs-finally-dragged-public-eye |
Be Careful what you Wish for Toyota |
/blog/articles/be-careful-what-you-wish-toyota |
EDR: Toyota’s Electronic Doubt Receptacle |
/blog/articles/edr-toyota%E2%80%99s-electronic-doubt-receptacle |
Caught in the Motor Vehicle Safety Act |
/blog/articles/caught-motor-vehicle-safety-act |
The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010: A Crisis Well Spent |
/blog/articles/motor-vehicle-safety-act-2010-crisis-well-spent |
What Are You Lookin’ At? |
/blog/articles/what-are-you-lookin%E2%80%99 |
Toyota’s Credibility Gap Assumes Grand Canyon Proportions |
/blog/articles/toyota%E2%80%99s-credibility-gap-assumes-grand-canyon-proportions |
Nothing to See Here Folks! |
/blog/articles/nothing-see-here-folks |
Toyota: Honesty is More Than Just a Word |
/blog/articles/toyota-honesty-more-just-word |
Time for Another Toyota Timeliness Query |
/blog/articles/time-another-toyota-timeliness-query |
Waxman Probes Toyota’s Deal with Doubt |
/blog/articles/waxman-probes-toyota%E2%80%99s-deal-doubt |
Come Clean, Toyota |
/blog/articles/come-clean-toyota |
What You Can’t Deny, Delay and Minimize |
/blog/articles/what-you-can%E2%80%99t-deny-delay-and-minimize |
Manufacturing Doubt in Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration |
/blog/articles/manufacturing-doubt-toyota-sudden-unintended-acceleration |
You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape |
/blog/articles/you-don%E2%80%99t-tug-superman%E2%80%99s-cape |
Anatomy of a Smear |
/blog/articles/anatomy-smear |
Looking to the Past: Why Toyota isn’t Audi |
/blog/articles/looking-past-why-toyota-isnt-audi |
16.4 Million Reasons Why it Ain’t Over Yet for Toyota SUA |
/blog/articles/164-million-reasons-why-it-ain%E2%80%99t-over-yet-toyota-sua |
Roll out the Recalls! |
/blog/articles/roll-out-recalls |
How Many Recalls Does It Take to Fix a Toyota? |
/blog/articles/how-many-recalls-does-it-take-fix-toyota |
How Do You Stop a Toyota Hybrid? Myth V. Fact |
/blog/articles/how-do-you-stop-toyota-hybrid-myth-v-fact |
Response to Toyota and Exponent Regarding Dr. David Gilbert’s preliminary report “Toyota Throttle Control Investigation” |
/blog/articles/response-toyota-and-exponent-regarding-dr-david-gilbert%E2%80%99s-preliminary-report-%E2%80%9Ctoyota |
Toyota Unintended Acceleration Complaints Update |
/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-complaints-update-0 |
The Cracks in Toyota’s Recalls are Showing Again |
/blog/articles/cracks-toyota%E2%80%99s-recalls-are-showing-again |
Dimitrios Biller and the Book of Knowledge |
/blog/articles/dimitrios-biller-and-book-knowledge |
Juanita Grossman’s Story: How Do You Slam Into a Building with Both Feet on the Brake? Nobody Knows. |
/blog/articles/juanita-grossman%E2%80%99s-story-how-do-you-slam-building-both-feet-brake-nobody-knows |
Toyota Identifies Yet Another Potential Cause of Sudden Acceleration |
/blog/articles/toyota-identifies-yet-another-potential-cause-sudden-acceleration |
Our Advocacy |
/blog/articles/our-advocacy |
Death and Drive-By-Wire: New Evidence Shows Early Deaths were Ignored |
/blog/articles/death-and-drive-wire-new-evidence-shows-early-deaths-were-ignored |
Toyota Sudden Acceleration: The Full Report from Safety Research & Strategies |
/blog/articles/toyota-sudden-acceleration-full-report-safety-research-strategies |
New Report Points to Toyota’s Electronic Throttle Control |
/blog/articles/new-report-points-toyotas-electronic-throttle-control |
Thoroughly Investigated? We Don’t Think So |
/blog/articles/thoroughly-investigated-we-don%E2%80%99t-think-so |
Toyota Unintended Acceleration Complaints Update |
/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-complaints-update |
So, Who Called Toyota? |
/blog/articles/so-who-called-toyota |
Stop the Pedals! |
/blog/articles/stop-pedals |
They Know Not what They Do |
/blog/articles/they-know-not-what-they-do |
Well, They Had to Do Something! |
/blog/articles/well-they-had-do-something |
Breaking! Roll Out the Recalls! |
/blog/articles/breaking-roll-out-recalls |
It’s Complicated: Concerned Citizen Drops a Dime on Toyota |
/blog/articles/it%E2%80%99s-complicated-concerned-citizen-drops-dime-toyota |
Toyota Sudden Acceleration in Reverse |
/blog/articles/toyota-sudden-acceleration-reverse |
“I don’t where I got the nerve, but it sure felt good.” |
/blog/articles/%E2%80%9Ci-don%E2%80%99t-where-i-got-nerve-it-sure-felt-good%E2%80%9D |
CPSC Workshop on Building a Public Database Less Adversarial |
/blog/articles/cpsc-workshop-building-public-database-less-adversarial |
Strickland Sails through Confirmation Hearing |
/blog/articles/strickland-sails-through-confirmation-hearing |
Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration Complaints Update |
/blog/articles/toyota-sudden-unintended-acceleration-complaints-update |
Toyota Pedal Fix Dress Rehearsal |
/blog/articles/toyota-pedal-fix-dress-rehearsal |
Toyota announces a Fix for Sudden Acceleration: Focus on Stuck Mats |
/blog/articles/toyota-announces-fix-sudden-acceleration-focus-stuck-mats |
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Baby! The Pneumatic Tire |
/blog/articles/ain%E2%80%99t-nothing-real-thing-baby-pneumatic-tire |
The End of the World as We Know it |
/blog/articles/end-world-we-know-it |
Not So Fast… |
/blog/articles/not-so-fast%E2%80%A6 |
The Other Side of Occam’s Razor: Electronic Glitches |
/blog/articles/other-side-occam%E2%80%99s-razor-electronic-glitches |
NHTSA Pronounces and Toyota Pounces: It’s the Floor Mats, Stupid |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-pronounces-and-toyota-pounces-it%E2%80%99s-floor-mats-stupid |
NHTSA Denies Latest Toyota SUA Petition: Floor Mats to Blame |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-denies-latest-toyota-sua-petition-floor-mats-blame |
Trouble in Toyotaville |
/blog/articles/trouble-toyotaville |
We’ll Just have to Work Harder… |
/blog/articles/well-just-have-work-harder |
Toyota and NHTSA Issue Urgent Safety Alert to Remove Floor Mats: Will it Stop Sudden Acceleration? |
/blog/articles/toyota-and-nhtsa-issue-urgent-safety-alert-remove-floor-mats-will-it-stop-sudden |
Fatal California Crash Highlights Toyota’s Sudden Unintended Acceleration Problem |
/blog/articles/fatal-california-crash-highlights-toyota%E2%80%99s-sudden-unintended-acceleration-problem |
NHTSA Agrees to Correct Impala Star Ratings; GM, Enterprise Try to Allay Concerns over Deleted Airbags |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-agrees-correct-impala-star-ratings-gm-enterprise-try-allay-concerns-over-deleted |
SRS Requests GM Brand Cars and asks NHTSA to Change NCAP Designations for Vehicles with Deleted “Standard” Side Airbags |
/blog/articles/srs-requests-gm-brand-cars-and-asks-nhtsa-change-ncap-designations-vehicles-deleted |
Chrysler Accepts Future Liability; Current Claimants Still have no Recourse |
/blog/articles/chrysler-accepts-future-liability-current-claimants-still-have-no-recourse |
GM / Chrysler Bankruptcies: What’s In What’s Out |
/blog/articles/gm-chrysler-bankruptcies-what%E2%80%99s-what%E2%80%99s-out |
Chrysler, GM Bankruptcies Concluded, Defect Victims Cheated |
/blog/articles/chrysler-gm-bankruptcies-concluded-defect-victims-cheated |
Sudden Unintended Acceleration |
/blog/articles/sudden-unintended-acceleration |
Stick a Fork in It |
/blog/articles/stick-fork-it |
Caveat Emptor |
/blog/articles/caveat-emptor |
GM’s End Run Starts to Falter |
/blog/articles/gms-end-run-starts-falter |
Why the Problems Won’t Go Away When the Old Chrysler and GM Do |
/blog/articles/why-problems-won%E2%80%99t-go-away-when-old-chrysler-and-gm-do |
States Attorneys General File Objections to GM Bankruptcies |
/blog/articles/states-attorneys-general-file-objections-gm-bankruptcies |
Senate Commerce Committee Press GM and Chrysler |
/blog/articles/senate-commerce-committee-press-gm-and-chrysler |
Brass Ones |
/blog/articles/brass-ones |
Kane Calls Assembly Vote on California Tire Age an Important First Step |
/blog/articles/kane-calls-assembly-vote-california-tire-age-important-first-step |
Surrender Dorothy! |
/blog/articles/surrender-dorothy |
Kicked Off the Rope Line? |
/blog/articles/kicked-rope-line |
Compartmentalization Compartmentalized |
/blog/articles/compartmentalization-compartmentalized |
You Like Me. You Really Like Me. |
/blog/articles/you-me-you-really-me |
Pet Doors: A Little Known Gateway to Childhood Injury and Deaths |
/blog/articles/pet-doors-little-known-gateway-childhood-injury-and-deaths |
Tire Dealers Freak Out Over Consumer Education Program |
/blog/articles/tire-dealers-freak-out-over-consumer-education-program |
Safety Research & Strategies Raises Tire Age Profile in California; Tire Aging Consumer Disclosure Bill Clears Committee |
/blog/articles/safety-research-strategies-raises-tire-age-profile-california-tire-aging-consumer |
Crib Tents: Another Hazard from the World of Unregulated Child Products |
/blog/articles/crib-tents-another-hazard-world-unregulated-child-products |
The New De Facto Roof Strength Standard? IIHS Raises the Bar |
/blog/articles/new-de-facto-roof-strength-standard-iihs-raises-bar |
Millions for Motorcycle Crash Causation Study in Limbo |
/blog/articles/millions-motorcycle-crash-causation-study-limbo |
Midnight Regulation Provokes Controversy |
/blog/articles/midnight-regulation-provokes-controversy |
Seat Back Strength an Issue in Rear Seat Safety for Children |
/blog/articles/seat-back-strength-issue-rear-seat-safety-children |
Tire-Related Explorer Rollover Deaths Continue to Climb |
/blog/articles/tire-related-explorer-rollover-deaths-continue-climb |
Dill Finally Launches Tire Valve Stem Recall |
/blog/articles/dill-finally-launches-tire-valve-stem-recall |
Following the Twisted Trail of Chinese Imports |
/blog/articles/following-twisted-trail-chinese-imports |
NHTSA Grants SRS Request: Opens Investigation into Ford OEM Valve Stems |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-grants-srs-request-opens-investigation-ford-oem-valve-stems |
NHTSA Publishes Final DSP Rule; SRS Vows Challenge |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-publishes-final-dsp-rule-srs-vows-challenge |
Complaints to NHTSA Matter |
/blog/articles/complaints-nhtsa-matter |
Alternative Vehicles Gain Popularity, But Skirt Regulations |
/blog/articles/alternative-vehicles-gain-popularity-skirt-regulations |
Ohio Importer Recalls Six Million Chinese Tire Stem Valves As NHTSA Opens Probe into 30 Million More |
/blog/articles/ohio-importer-recalls-six-million-chinese-tire-stem-valves-nhtsa-opens-probe-30 |
Senate Holds Hearing on Roof Strength; NHTSA Grilled on Pre-emption |
/blog/articles/senate-holds-hearing-roof-strength-nhtsa-grilled-pre-emption |
After Long Delay, NHTSA Issues Advisory Addressing Tire Aging |
/blog/articles/after-long-delay-nhtsa-issues-advisory-addressing-tire-aging |
Fatal Rollover Prompts Probe into Chinese-Made Tire Valve Stems: Safety Groups Urge Consumers to Have Tires Checked |
/blog/articles/fatal-rollover-prompts-probe-chinese-made-tire-valve-stems-safety-groups-urge |
Evenflo Discovery Recalled One Year After Consumers Union Urges Its Removal from Marketplace |
/blog/articles/evenflo-discovery-recalled-one-year-after-consumers-union-urges-its-removal |
NHTSA Proposes Upgrades to School Bus Regulations; Big Yellow Buses Get another Pass on Three-Point Belts |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-proposes-upgrades-school-bus-regulations-big-yellow-buses-get-another-pass-three |
New Drowsy Driving Report Raises Profile of Emerging Issue |
/blog/articles/new-drowsy-driving-report-raises-profile-emerging-issue |
Tire Recalls and Tire Safety: The RFID Solution |
/blog/articles/tire-recalls-and-tire-safety-rfid-solution |
Sebring Seat Back Case Reveals Defect that Mitsubishi Tried to Conceal; Attorney Vows to Pursue Fraud |
/blog/articles/sebring-seat-back-case-reveals-defect-mitsubishi-tried-conceal-attorney-vows-pursue |
U.S. Views on Auto Safety are Schizophrenic |
/blog/articles/us-views-auto-safety-are-schizophrenic |
Chinese Tire Recall Reveals Problems With Imports, EWR |
/blog/articles/chinese-tire-recall-reveals-problems-imports-ewr |
NHTSA Document and Data Secrecy and Accessibility |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-document-and-data-secrecy-and-accessibility |
15-Passenger Van Deaths Rise, Despite Warnings |
/blog/articles/15-passenger-van-deaths-rise-despite-warnings |
SRS Again Presses NHTSA for Consumer-Friendly Tire Date of Manufacture |
/blog/articles/srs-again-presses-nhtsa-consumer-friendly-tire-date-manufacture |
Tire Aging Tests, Data and Policies Continue to Emerge |
/blog/articles/tire-aging-tests-data-and-policies-continue-emerge |
Automakers Agree to Add Brake to Shift Interlocks |
/blog/articles/automakers-agree-add-brake-shift-interlocks |
Firestone and NHTSA Launch Consumer Alert for Recalled Wilderness Tires; SRS Had Urged NHTSA to Investigate |
/blog/articles/firestone-and-nhtsa-launch-consumer-alert-recalled-wilderness-tires-srs-had-urged |
Persistent RV Tire Problems Prompt Fifth Recall; NHTSA Investigation Focuses New Attention on RV Safety |
/blog/articles/persistent-rv-tire-problems-prompt-fifth-recall-nhtsa-investigation-focuses-new |
SRS Petitions NHTSA to Examine Firestone ATX and Wilderness Tire Recalls and Owner Notification |
/blog/articles/srs-petitions-nhtsa-examine-firestone-atx-and-wilderness-tire-recalls-and-owner |
New Study Confirms Effectiveness of ESC |
/blog/articles/new-study-confirms-effectiveness-esc |
NHTSA Rejects Auto-Reverse Petition; New Rule Prohibits Rocker and Toggle Window Switches |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-rejects-auto-reverse-petition-new-rule-prohibits-rocker-and-toggle-window |
Judge Orders NHTSA To Revisit Early Warning Records Rulemaking |
/blog/articles/judge-orders-nhtsa-revisit-early-warning-records-rulemaking |
Rubber Makers Claim Survey of Scrap Tires Show Age Doesn’t Determine Tire Life |
/blog/articles/rubber-makers-claim-survey-scrap-tires-show-age-doesnt-determine-tire-life |
Cooper Tire Subverts Evidence, Investigative Process, Attorney Alleges |
/blog/articles/cooper-tire-subverts-evidence-investigative-process-attorney-alleges |
Federal Government Increasingly Uses Pre-Emption to Bypass State Laws |
/blog/articles/federal-government-increasingly-uses-pre-emption-bypass-state-laws |
Newly Released Documents and Data Highlight Explorer Rollover Problems |
/blog/articles/newly-released-documents-and-data-highlight-explorer-rollover-problems |
Two Tire Makers Add Tire Aging Replacement Guidelines for U.S. Market |
/blog/articles/two-tire-makers-add-tire-aging-replacement-guidelines-us-market |
States Rights Advocates Attack NHTSA Roof Crush Preemption Proposal |
/blog/articles/states-rights-advocates-attack-nhtsa-roof-crush-preemption-proposal |
Court Will Hear Public Citizen’s Motion To Unseal Volvo Documents |
/blog/articles/court-will-hear-public-citizens-motion-unseal-volvo-documents |
The Number of Tire Age Recommendations Grows: Bridgestone-Firestone is the Latest Entry |
/blog/articles/number-tire-age-recommendations-grows-bridgestone-firestone-latest-entry |
NHTSA Launches Quiet Campaign to Protect Industry |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-launches-quiet-campaign-protect-industry |
Ford Continues Fight to Seal Volvo Roof Strength Documents |
/blog/articles/ford-continues-fight-seal-volvo-roof-strength-documents |
Frontal Offset Crash Test Regulation Scrapped |
/blog/articles/frontal-offset-crash-test-regulation-scrapped |
UL Self-Certification Program Raises Safety Questions |
/blog/articles/ul-self-certification-program-raises-safety-questions |
European Pedestrian Crash Standards Will Make Global Changes in Car Design Inevitable |
/blog/articles/european-pedestrian-crash-standards-will-make-global-changes-car-design-inevitable |
“Aged” Tire Case Numbers Grow: Spares and Used tires Top the List |
/blog/articles/aged-tire-case-numbers-grow-spares-and-used-tires-top-list |
SRS Petitions NHTSA on Tire Aging |
/blog/articles/srs-petitions-nhtsa-tire-aging |
Inspector General Finds NHTSA Over Budget and Under Performing in Early Warning System |
/blog/articles/inspector-general-finds-nhtsa-over-budget-and-under-performing-early-warning-system |
District Court Rules “Regional Recalls” are Legal |
/blog/articles/district-court-rules-%E2%80%9Cregional-recalls%E2%80%9D-are-legal |
Electronic Stability Control Update |
/blog/articles/electronic-stability-control-update |
Early Warning data Prompts Another Bridgestone/Firestone Recall |
/blog/articles/early-warning-data-prompts-another-bridgestonefirestone-recall |
Auto safety discrepancies: Kudos to Hyundai’s campaign |
/blog/articles/auto-safety-discrepancies-kudos-hyundai%E2%80%99s-campaign |
NHTSA Roof Crush Study: Greater Intrusion = Greater Injury |
/blog/articles/nhtsa-roof-crush-study-greater-intrusion-greater-injury |
What’s Behind the Firestone Steeltex Recall on Ford Excursions? |
/blog/articles/whats-behind-firestone-steeltex-recall-ford-excursions |
A Brief History of Electronic Stability Controls and their Applications |
/blog/articles/brief-history-electronic-stability-controls-and-their-applications |