Comments on: NHTSA recalls hurt car sales. http://www.mycarlady.com/2009/02/23/nhtsa-recalls-hurt-car-sales/ MyCarlady is your car buying auto advice service! Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Taras Rudnitsky http://www.mycarlady.com/2009/02/23/nhtsa-recalls-hurt-car-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Taras Rudnitsky Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:21:24 +0000 http://www.mycarlady.com/?p=493#comment-416 Waiting for parts after a recall is announced is often not the major timing problem. The major issue I have seen in many safety recalls is the timing of the recall notification. The car companies try to avoid the federal regulations requiring a company to file a defect report within five days of determining that there exists a safety defect. Essentially, they claim that no one in their companies can officially decide a part contains a safety defect until a final committee or executive approves the decision. This ignores the fact that the engineer who decides a part contains a safety defect is often way more knowledgeable about the part than is the committee or the executive. In my opinion, it’s nothing more than a way to bend (or break!) the rules to minimize the financial and public relations aspects of a recall. Waiting for parts after a recall is announced is often not the major timing problem. The major issue I have seen in many safety recalls is the timing of the recall notification. The car companies try to avoid the federal regulations requiring a company to file a defect report within five days of determining that there exists a safety defect. Essentially, they claim that no one in their companies can officially decide a part contains a safety defect until a final committee or executive approves the decision. This ignores the fact that the engineer who decides a part contains a safety defect is often way more knowledgeable about the part than is the committee or the executive. In my opinion, it's nothing more than a way to bend (or break!) the rules to minimize the financial and public relations aspects of a recall. Taras@CarSafetyLawyer.com Taras Rudnitsky Waiting for parts after a recall is announced is often not the major timing problem. The major issue I have seen in many safety recalls is the timing of the recall notification. The car companies try to avoid the federal regulations requiring a company to file a defect report within five days of determining that there exists a safety defect. Essentially, they claim that no one in their companies can officially decide a part contains a safety defect until a final committee or executive approves the decision. This ignores the fact that the engineer who decides a part contains a safety defect is often way more knowledgeable about the part than is the committee or the executive. In my opinion, it’s nothing more than a way to bend (or break!) the rules to minimize the financial and public relations aspects of a recall.

Waiting for parts after a recall is announced is often not the major timing problem. The major issue I have seen in many safety recalls is the timing of the recall notification. The car companies try to avoid the federal regulations requiring a company to file a defect report within five days of determining that there exists a safety defect. Essentially, they claim that no one in their companies can officially decide a part contains a safety defect until a final committee or executive approves the decision. This ignores the fact that the engineer who decides a part contains a safety defect is often way more knowledgeable about the part than is the committee or the executive. In my opinion, it’s nothing more than a way to bend (or break!) the rules to minimize the financial and public relations aspects of a recall.
Taras@CarSafetyLawyer.com
Taras Rudnitsky

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