You will find millions of cars that drive around the whole country. Some cars will break down. You have to report anything that might make your car have a safety defect. 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 automobiles and anything correlated are safe. Everything can’t be tested by the NHTSA with so many cars around. The NHTSA doesn’t know how to “connect the dots” without the help of other people. These are how recalls and investigation end up coming about. Car manufacturers won’t admit to you that something is wrong but being required by the NHTSA to make a recall might help you out quite a bit.
What needs to be reported
Any safety concern you’ve could be reported to the NHTSA. For example, if your brakes appear to fail, that should be reported. Airbag malfunctions need to be reported. Tires separating, component failures and defective child restraints are also worth reporting. Anything that might make a crash happen, make a crash worse, or hurt everyone should be on this list.
Reporting to the NHTSA
Reporting a possible problem to the NHTSA is relatively easy. You can report a problem online, at the Office of Defects Investigation site or by calling 888-327-4236. You’ll have to know the make and model of the car you need to complain about. The NHTSA needs to be able to contact you also in case an investigation happens. This information helps the agency add info to its database, where it will connect the information to other complaints of that exact same problem.
Additional reading
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation website
odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm
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