Car Recall Center
What is a recall?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) oversees safety recalls of motor vehicles as well as tires, child safety seats, and other items of motor vehicle equipment. When one of these products experiences a safety-related defect or is not compliant with a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS), NHTSA is charged with ensuring public safety.
Although almost all recalls are undertaken voluntarily by manufacturers, they may be strongly encouraged by NHTSA as part of an ongoing safety defect investigation, or advocated for by individuals or consumer groups who can petition NHTSA to open an investigation into a particular defect. Rarely, NHTSA will order an automaker or other supplier to conduct a recall. For a weekly update of the newest recalls, follow our #RecallRoundup via Twitter or Facebook.
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Latest Auto Recall News
Recall repairs on 2002-2004 Ford Escapes questioned by safety advocate – 7/10/12
Vince Bond Jr.
Automotive News | July 10, 2012 – 3:54 pm EST
The Center for Auto Safety has filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking the agency to investigate nearly 320,000 Ford Escapes that could have damaged cruise control cables stemming from recall repairs for an unrelated acceleration problem.
Reports of Unintended Acceleration Lead to Defect Petition for 320,000 Ford Escapes
A nonprofit consumer safety group formally asked the National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationJuly 10, 2012
Major carmaker Ford under fire after inspection of deadly Payson, Arizona accident
A major automaker is under fire following a 17-year-old girl’s death in a 2002 Ford Escape last January.