Center for Auto Safety
Consumer Organization
Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year"Despite the highest gas prices ever, it didn't move the needle," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate campaign for the Center for Auto Safety. Charles Territo, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said... In this article: EPA, General Motors Co., Environmental Protection Agency, Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co., BMW AG, and Center for Auto Safety |
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Detroit News | 4 days ago
Toyota's image under scrutiny
In cars equipped with this system, a driver stepping on the gas pedal sends an electronic signal to the throttle. Clarence Ditlow at the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, D.C., said its database shows that "since the late '90s, Toyota has...
In this article: Toyota, Nhtsa, Lexus, Complaint, Audi, California, U.S., and Lexus ES350
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Autoblog | November 12, 2009
NHTSA to investigate 3 million 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee over gas tank fires?
...Safety, Jeep The position of the plastic fuel tanks in 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees makes them potential fireballs, argues the Center for Auto Safety. The nonprofit organization says that the fuel tank's location makes the pre-2005...
In this article: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep, Filed, and Chrysler
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NBC | November 06, 2009
Despite Recalls, Small Buses Still Carrying Precious Cargo
...about an abstract remote risk, we're talking about a real danger to children in school buses," Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety in Washington D.C., told Boston's WHDH-TV last month. The 15 separate...
In this article: Whdh-tv, Chicago Tribune, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Business operations, Chicago, and Boston
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The San Diego Union-Tribune | November 06, 2009
Toyota is rebuked on mats
...criticized Toyota's handling of the matter. "What Toyota did was clearly wrong," said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C., consumer safety group. "Toyota picked up and ran with the...
In this article: Toyota, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Lexus, Minnesota, Allegation, Goat, Prius, Camry, Lexus ES350, and Toyota Motor Corp.
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 05, 2009
Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV
...are the seat belt and the air bag. This combines them into one great feature," Sundararajan said. Clarence Ditlow, head of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, says the belts are particularly effective at protecting the elderly, who are...
In this article: Ford Explorer, Ford Motor Co., and U.S.
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chicagotribune.com - News | November 05, 2009
Unsafe school buses stay on the road
...the recalls, and until September 2010 to complete the repairs. TCI also must pay a $20,000 fine. Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety in Washington D.C., said he is worried the delays in forcing the company to...
In this article: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Joan Claybrook, and Public Citizen
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International Herald Tribune | November 04, 2009
Safety Agency Rebukes Toyota Over Floor-Mat Issue
...after the problem led to the August deaths in California of four people in a Lexus. Clarence Ditlow, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, an advocacy group, said he could not recall any other case in which the safety agency...
In this article: Toyota, Lexus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, E mail, Chevrolet S10, Craigslist, and 3M
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The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) was founded in 1970 by Consumers Union and Ralph Nader as a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group focused on the United States automotive industry.
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