Word: nhtsa
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...John Greenwald:Congress has oversight over the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Billy Tauzin wants to ascertain whether the NHTSA has been doing all it can to ensure the safety of the vehicles Americans are driving, including the Ford Explorer. And, of course, both Ford and Firestone blame the other for the vehicles' safety problems - and the some 200 deaths that have been linked to the cars. So this inquiry raises serious questions about both corporate accountability and national safety standards...
...think people feel okay about buying Explorers, although the NHTSA is now deliberating whether to do a separate inquiry into Ford's safety standards...
...last year, NHTSA had launched an investigation into the rising number of tire failures--and Ford and Firestone were feuding. The automaker accused Firestone of withholding data that Ford said it needed to determine which tires were problematic...
...more than 700 injuries that prompted Firestone to recall its 15-in. SUV tires last year. Ford faces hundreds of lawsuits that seek damages totaling more than $590 million, and the company is bracing for a report on the tire failures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Moreover, Representative Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican, plans to hold hearings this summer on the way "this whole mess started and why we didn't hear about it until people started dying...
...last year, NHTSA had launched an investigation into the rising number of tire failures-and Ford and Firestone were feuding. The automaker accused Firestone of withholding data that Ford said it needed to determine which tires were problematic...