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Vehicle safety recalls: Why drivers don't heed them
A new national survey from the University of Michigan explores why many consumers don't heed vehicle safety recalls and what steps might boost compliance.
Safety recalls related to cars and light trucks are substantial. For example, in 2015 about 51 million vehicles and 34 million vehicle-related pieces of equipment were recalled, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"Compounding the problem of the large number of vehicle-related recalls is the relatively low response rate to recall notices," said Michael Sivak, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute
A full 20 percent of vehicle owners continue to skip the fixes, according to NHTSA. read more »
