Archive for October, 2008

NHTSA Grants SRS Request: Opens Investigation into Ford OEM Valve Stems

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V5, I5
Washington, D.C. – Less than two weeks after Safety Research & Strategies requested the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to open a defect investigation into Chinese tire valve stems used as OEM equipment in some Ford vehicles, the Office of Defects Investigation has complied.
On September 25, SRS President Sean [...]

NHTSA Publishes Final DSP Rule; SRS Vows Challenge

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Reprinted from The Safety Record, V5, I5
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three years after proposing to close the flagrant loopholes in the Designated Seating Position rule, NHTSA has published a Final Rule that tweaks its initial proposal, but fails to address its core weakness – the lack of underlying data to support the change.
The Final Rule, published [...]