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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a test query initiated in the practice of car rental companies regarding their handling of the manufacturer, "the vehicle recalls in its fleet. The NHTSA to 3 million General Motors is looking for, Ford and Chrysler products, the rental was sold by companies and then recalled in the last ten years.
According to an article in Detroit News NHTSA wants to get the speed and efficiency of the repair industry as a whole and by individual landlords and carried out control. The probe is the result of the allegations to the agency on injuries and deaths in vehicles that are leased, while unresolved, it reminds them were outstanding.
This problem was this month news, as Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) in a letter asked that the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's largest car rental company Enterprise Holdings, require the same rules, the auto dealer for the repair are of recall . Currently, car dealers from selling cars, which were not resolved to remind prohibited.
The practice of renting cars without taking into account their status was tragically reminded in the wake of a $ 15,000,000 settlement, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car with the parents of two sisters who remembers si in the PT Cruisere rented crashed died reached light. Two consumer groups asked the then FTCzu require to fix car rental company, recalled before the rental of vehicles. It was this effort that signed on Schumer recently.
Enterprise position is that the car manufacturer's recommendations with respect to postpone taking cars off the road. An Enterprise spokeswoman said that every car that was grounded by a car company put a hold on him and not let.
The sample of cars, the NHTSA has been with us on the kinds of cars that dictated exist in rental fleets. Enterprise issued a statement that they work with both the NHTSA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).Source URL: https://maryelizabeth-winstead.blogspot.com/2010/11/nhtsa-probes-how-car-rental-companies.html
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