Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation opened a Preliminary Investigation into BMW 7-Series vehicles that roll away because the electronic ignition fails to shift the vehicle into Park when the driver leaves with the key fob. The [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 What happens when you put your iPad on the front passenger seat of a 2012 Buick Enclave? That depends on which General Motors source you consult. In May, the automaker sent out a Technical Service Bulletin warning that when “certain electronic devices” such as [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Unable to derail the consumer products database mandated by the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act in Congress, one manufacturer has turned to the courts. Meanwhile, the Government Accounting Office’s first run at the publicly accessible complaints database shows that SaferProducts.gov [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 The DOT Office of Inspector General has found that NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations followed its established procedures in conducting its inquiries into Toyota Sudden Acceleration for nearly a decade, but the OIG rapped the agency for its lack of transparency and documentation.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 A new study shows that many parents know that adult seat belts do not fit their older children properly, but use them anyway. Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit and its Transportation Research Institute set out to determine [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 8, Issue 3, November 2011 New Child Dummies for Booster Seat Testing Offer Advancement – and Raise Significant Questions Acknowledging concerns about the biofidelity of the new HIII 6-year-old dummy, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a Final Rule on Sept. 9 allowing manufacturers of child restraint systems [...]