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 6, Issue 4, August / September 2009 REHOBOTH, MA – As Enterprise Rent-A-Car and General Motors scramble to correct the false advertising that claimed former fleet vehicles being sold used were equipped with “standard” side curtain airbags, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has agreed to correct the information [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 3, June / July 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has rebuffed a nearly eight-year-old petition by General Motors to require daytime running lights on all passenger vehicles, saying that there is no credible statistical proof that the devices significantly improve safety. “While [...]

Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 3, June / July 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama administration’s drive-by bankruptcies have left the victims of defect-related crashes to eat their dust, but consumer advocates are turning to other strategies to force Chrysler and General Motors to do the right thing.