Florida Drivers Can Sign Up for Free Email Vehicle Recall Alerts from NHTSA
South Florida drivers who regularly travel on Florida's fast, congested highways know that their safety depends not only on defensive driving but on keeping their cars, trucks, minivans and SUVs repaired and well maintained. No one wants to hear their car emit a loud clunking sound while they're doing 75 mph in the passing lane on I-95 south to Miami (or while trying to get out of the way of someone who is). We all just want to get from point A to point B safely and avoid a traffic accident.
Like all other drivers in the U.S., Florida drivers depend on auto manufacturers and car dealers to alert them when a vehicle they have purchased has a safety recall notice. Safety recall notices also go out on defective tires and child restraints. The purpose of these safety recalls is to alert vehicle owners to potential problems, so they may take their vehicles to an authorized dealer for repair or parts replacement at no cost to the owner.
But the process of delivering those vehicle safety alerts can break down, such as when a motorist changes addresses or buys a car from a private party. Not receiving these critical vehicle safety recall notices could leave drivers vulnerable to safety problems that could lead to break downs, motor vehicle accidents, and personal injury or death.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a new service where consumers can sign up for free automatic email notifications of safety recalls on vehicles (by make and year), defective tires, child safety seats, motorcycles, and school buses. Consumers may choose to receive alerts on all recall notices issued by NHTSA, or they may customize their notices to just receive alerts on the vehicles their family owns.
See "Related Web Resource" below for a link to NHTSA's free vehicle safety recall email notification service.
U.S. DOT Unveils Automatic Vehicle Safety Recall Notification Service
NHTSA.gov Nov. 7, 2008
Related Web Resource
SaferCar.gov: Under "Safety Recalls," go to "Email recall notifications"
