Car Safety Recalls By Brenda Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

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 safety recalls on vehicles when defects are detected.

These recalls can come from two different sources: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the vehicle manufacturer. They are usually instigated as a result of an awareness of a defective component in the vehicle that can cause safety issues for the people who own the car.

Recalls due to defects follow certain procedures in order to get the car returned to the dealer or by having the owner take the car to an authorized dealer to have the problem corrected. If cars have defects that are known by the company and they aren't recalled, then there is a chance for law suits due to accidents that would otherwise not have happened.
The manufacturer of the product is ultimately responsible and should file a public report on all defects detected in their vehicle including any safety related defects, a method to remedy the defect, non-compliance with Federal motor vehicle office standards and a schedule of the recall.

When a defect reaches the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it conducts an investigation and administers the safety recalls in order to improve overall safety on roadways. The NHTSA is an authorized agency which can order car manufacturers to both recall and repair vehicles or items connected to vehicles that can prove hazardous on the road. The investigations are conducted by The Office of Defects Investigation or ODI and they will investigate and indicate serious safety defects in vehicle designs and construction.

The ODI also is in charge of monitoring manufacturers recall campaigns and carefully reviews consumer complaints and any other available data in order to determine if there is a defect trend and instigate a recall if one appears. Recall information includes vehicle campaigns that have occurred from 1966 to present. These campaigns involve motor vehicle products that contain a safety-related defect or have non-compliance issues with the federal motor vehicle safety standards.

There is an online form to report any safety-related defects or problems that may occur with your vehicle located at http://odi.nhtsa.dot.gov. This site also has a search engine so that a consumer can search for recall data on a specific make of car, tire or child restraint alerts and recalls.

Car safety recalls are extremely important in lessening the deaths due to vehicle failure. There are approximately 42,000 deaths annually on our Nation's roads with traffic crashes with the number one reason for death in people under the age of 34.

Motor vehicle safety is partly due to the fact that most manufacturers will issue voluntary recalls. If they don't the NHTSA will investigate car accident trends and order via the court system for manufacturers to issue them. When these recalls are instigated, it is the manufacturers' responsibility to remedy the situation at no charge to the owner.

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