Posts tagged nhtsa

• Safety Recall for Hyundai Sonata Hybrids, but Hyundai Won’t Admit There’s a Problem

  Mike Ferrara | April 04, 2012 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a safety recall for Hyundai Sonata Hybrids produced between December 2, 2010 and March 7, 2012. These vehicles have a safety...

• Rental Car Companies Often Ignore Safety Recalls

  Mike Ferrara | April 28, 2011 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you ever rent a car for yourself or your family, you’re going to want to read this. Major rental car companies openly admit that they don’t always respond to safety recalls of the...

• Maryland Public Pension Fund to be Lead Plaintiff in Toyota Class Action

  Mike Ferrara | August 13, 2010 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the aftermath of its recent recalls of more than 8 million vehicles, Toyota now faces over 300 federal and state lawsuits, including suits over injury and death caused by...

• Tired of Keeping Up on Product Recalls? There’s an App for That.

  Mike Ferrara | July 07, 2010 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Throughout the spring and early summer, we’ve seen the recall of Toyotas, Tylenol, romaine lettuce, McDonald’s Shrek glasses, baby cribs, ground beef products and a host of...

• Before the Recalls: “We Need to Come Clean,” Said Top Toyota Exec

  Mike Ferrara | April 09, 2010 8:53 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Now there is more proof than ever that Toyota knew full well that it had problems with unintended acceleration long before it informed the public or took any action to fix sticking...

• NHTSA Seeks $16 Million, Maximum Civil Penalty from Toyota

  Camryn Hansen | April 05, 2010 7:42 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has announced that it will seek $16.375 million, the maximum allowed civil fine, against Toyota for failing to notify the federal...

• New Roof Strength Rule Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect in Rollovers

  Mike Ferrara | May 05, 2009 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its new standards for stronger roofs in vehicles, with an aim to reduce passenger injuries and deaths in rollover...

• AAJ: Let's Make Buses, Trucks Safer with Better Driver Fatigue & Roof Crush Standards

  Mike Ferrara | April 27, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  In light of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) recent conclusion that a combination of driver fatigue and a lack of federal safety standards protecting bus...

• AAJ: Auto Roof Crush Standards are Outdated, Ineffective

  Camryn Hansen | April 10, 2009 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As the Obama administration named Charles Hurley the new administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the American Association for Justice (AAJ) asked that that...

• Over 33 Die Every Week in Non-Traffic Car Accidents – Learn How to Keep Kids Safe

  Mike Ferrara | February 03, 2009 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released its first report on the prevalence of non-traffic vehicular accidents. The report, titled “Not-in-Traffic...