Center for Auto Safety

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

...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

...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

...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.

...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.

...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

...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