Millions of cars drive around the country every day. Some cars will break down. If you car has a safety defect, report it immediately. You should also report any safety difficulties with tires, non-original equipment and child restraints.
Helping with defects being reported
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is intended to make certain vehicles and anything correlated are safe. Everything can’t be tested by the NHTSA with so many cars around. NHTSA like help when trying to “connect the dots” so they know what to do. Safety recalls and investigations are spurred by these complaints. Making a report to the NHTSA could be the only way to fix things since car manufacturers won’t admit something is wrong until someone has told them they have to.
What to say in a report
You should report any safety complaint or possible concern to the NHTSA. Report if your brakes seem to fail you. An airbag deploying incorrectly should be reported. Tires separating, component failures and defective child restraints are also worth reporting. Basically anything and anything that could cause a crash, make a crash worse or put life and limb at risk in a automobile.
Finding a way to report to the NHTSA
Difficulties to be reported to the NHTSA are easy to report. The number you are able to call is 888-327-4236 or there is also the Office of Defects Investigation website. The car you are talking about needs to be listed with its make and model. . This info helps the agency add details to its database, where it will connect the info to other complaints of that very same problem.
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation website
odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm
