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* USA - AUTOS RECALLS new RULES & REGULATIONS
* DC - Uunveils new consumer auto recall database
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -August 14, 2013: -- The Obama administration announced new regulations Wednesday that will allow the nation's 240 million car and truck owners to determine if their vehicles have been recalled — and if they've been fixed... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — complying with a July 2012 mandate from Congress — also will require all major automakers and motorcycle manufacturers to provide consumers with online access to recall information on vehicles searchable by Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN. The search feature will be available at automakers’ websites and at the government’s safercar.gov website... NHTSA noted that several automakers already offer this feature, but those who do not will have until August 2014 to comply... The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers — the trade association representing Detroit's automakers, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and others — opposed the plan to create the site that would allow owners to find the status of recalls... The alliance argued NHTSA should require automakers to make the service available on their own websites. By requiring daily updates on the status of recalls for 10 years, it would require 2,500 submissions per recall, up from six today...
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