autosafety

Michael Brooks, executive ‌director of the ⁠Center for Auto Safety, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, said the NHTSA has struggled on fast-moving trends in vehicle technology, like self-driving cars and touchscreen controls, while regulators in China have implemented rules faster. Some safety requirements in the U.S., like rear seat-belt warnings, have taken more than a…

Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington-based advocacy group, said a similar recall could follow in the U.S. and that manufacturers typically implement recall fixes in other markets. “Most manufacturers, when they do a recall in one country, are already in the process of getting it planned and sorted out…

A recall in one country doesn’t necessarily mean an automaker would do the same in other markets, Brooks said. “There ​remains a possibility here that Tesla will fight a recall in the United States,” he said. By Nora Eckert and Mike Colias August 21, 2026 Electronic door handles of the kind that are at the…

“It can be a giant disaster when cars catch fire and no one is there to see it,” said Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. By Todd Frankel August 16, 2026 Late last year, when Sarah Lammersen learned her 2022 Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid was being recalled because the high-voltage battery…