Action Alerts
Hyundai Kia 2.0 and 2.4L GDI Class Action Settlements
The following information is provided as a consumer alert from the Center for Auto Safety. Current and…
Rear Seat Belt Comment
Today the Center for Auto Safety (Center) submitted comments on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA)…
Center for Auto Safety Calls on Uber, Lyft, Juno, and Via to Stop Using Recalled Cars
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2019 Contact: Katherine Pedersen, [email protected], 202-328-7700 x 406 Center for Auto Safety…
Our Campaign to Remove Recalled Rideshare Cars from Service
Center for Auto Safety to Uber, Lyft, Via, and Juno: It is unacceptable to make money by…
Center for Auto Safety Calls for Ford to recall Explorers over Carbon Monoxide exposure inside over 1.3 million vehicles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2017 Contact: Jason Levine, (202) 328-7700, [email protected] Center for Auto Safety Calls…
Takata Update: Deadly Incidents Continue as Automakers Struggle to Meet Takata Recall Repair Deadlines
Despite fast-approaching government deadlines to replace deadly and defective Takata airbag inflators, automakers have yet to achieve…
Actor’s Death is Latest Example of Inadequate Recall Response; the Center Lays Out Action Plan for Chrysler to Prevent Further Deaths and Injuries due to Transmission Defect
June 20, 2016 Actor’s Death is Latest Example of Inadequate Recall Response; CAS Lays Out Action Plan…
Volkswagen Emissions Defeat Devices Violate EPA Emissions Rules
VW is a recidivist emission control violator using defeat devices to turn off emission controls used only in emission testing. Under former Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus, EPA warned VW in 1972 about defeat devices and then sued it in 1973 when VW failed to heed the warning. VW paid a $120,000 fine and promised to comply with the Clean Air Act in the future. So much for promises to obey the law. The only way to change auto company behavior is to put the responsible executives in jail.
Center for Auto Safety Opposes DOT Efforts to Weaken Vehicle Safety Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2017 Contact: Jason Levine, (202) 328-7700, [email protected] Center for Auto Safety Submits…