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
Consumers Sue Over Limited Car Recalls
By Christopher Jensen, Plain Dealer Auto Editor
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Two consumer groups sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Wednesday, claiming the public is endangered while automakers save money because the federal agency allows \"regional\" recalls of defective vehicles. In a regional recall an automaker is allowed to limit repairs to the region in which a problem is most likely to occur instead of repairing all vehicles nationwide.
Consumer Groups Sue Over Car Recall Limits
By DANNY HAKIM
March 11, 2004
Two consumer groups sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday over the practice of allowing automakers to limit car recalls to specific states.
Is a Recall by Any Other Name Still a Recall?
New York Times, October 22, 2003
by Cheryl Jensen
Ford: Truck Buyers Stuck with Lemon Diesel
Despite early woes, sales are strong
By Richard Truett
Automotive News / August 25, 2003
Safety Firebrand Refuses to Relent
Fired employee battles Chrysler in courtroom
DETROIT — Paul Sheridan sifted through the pile of police reports, depositions and legal briefs, and stopped at the autopsy photographs of Nancy Lou Whitt.
He had seen dozens of autopsies in more than 100 product-liability lawsuits. But the Whitt case shocked him.
Dealers Caught in Warranty War
Insurer’s problems force tough choices
By Donna Harris
Automotive News / June 30, 2003
Five thousand dealers who sold service contracts under the financially troubled Smart Choice program may have to choose between two evils – pay off hefty repair claims themselves, or tell angry customers to slug it out with insurers.
Either way, some dealers could lose.