Topic: Office Of Defects Investigation

How Automotive Recalls Work

In the United States, the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sets the national safety standards and can influence -- or in some cases order -- an auto manufacturer to repair safety-related defects at no cost to the ...

Car Safety Recalls

Car accidents tend to happen for three reasons: natural disasters, driver error and car defects that make the car act in an unpredictable fashion. For the first two, there is really nothing that can be done. However, for car defects, manufacturers release ...