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NHTSA Chief Tries Campaign-Style Tour to Encourage Recall Repairs
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind is on a five-day bus tour through the South to urge car owners to get their recalled vehicles fixed.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind is on a five-day bus tour through the South to urge car owners to get their recalled vehicles fixed.
The nine-city, 1,500-mile trip from Atlanta to San Antonio, Tex., began on Tuesday. NHTSA is offering to help owners determine if their vehicles have outstanding recall repairs. So far, about half of the vehicles checked do, Reuters reports.
The tour also aims to raise public awareness about tire maintenance, the correct use of child safety seats and the dangers of leaving children alone in hot cars.
Owners of older vehicles are less likely to respond to recalls than drivers of newer cars. But NHTSA has been frustrated by the relatively low overall success rate of recent callbacks. Rosekind, who has been pushing carmakers to find new ways to improve recall results, is expected to announce new initiatives later this year.
Two years ago NHTSA added a search engine to its safercar.gov website that enables owners to check for recalls by entering their car’s vehicle identification number.
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