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Category: Recalls

Nissan Airbag Recall May Need to Be Reissued Due to Reports of Persisting Problems, NHTSA Officials Report


Last November, Nissan issue a recall for nearly 1 million vehicles in the U.S. as a result of airbag problems that could prevent deployment in the event of a car wreck. As of this past June, Nissan report having already fix about 85 percent of the affect vehicles. According to regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), how …

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Graco’s Failures in Recalling Defective Child Car Seats Lead to $10M NHTSA Fine


Graco Children’s Products (Graco) has recently been issued a $10 million civil penalty from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for violating the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Specifically, the NHTSA has found that Graco failed to warn regulators about faulty latches on their defective child car seats in a timely m …

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Defective Takata Airbags Cause Massive Recall after Killing 4


Nearly 8 million vehicles in the U.S. are now the subject of a massive recall due to the defective Takata airbags they contain, regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are now reporting. While these regulators are currently investigating the depths of the severe impacts that have already been caused by these defective Takat …

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Michelin Issues Voluntary Recall of 1.2 Million Tires


On December 16, 2013, Michelin announced that it would be issuing a voluntary national recall of approximately 1.2 million Michelin LTX M/S tires due to findings that these tires may have defects that increase the likelihood that the tread will separate. Specifically, the manufacturer has stated that the flawed tread on these recalled tires can increas …

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