Study says NJ has 1.3 million recalled, unrepaired cars on roads
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY RICHARD NEWMAN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
* 1.3 million autos in state go unfixed, study says
Tens of millions of U.S. motorists are driving vehicles that have been recalled because of potential safety issues but have not yet been brought to a dealership for repair, according to a new study.
Colorado-based Carfax, which sells automobile history reports, examined state vehicle registration data to determine that more than 46 million cars, trucks and SUVs in the United States have at least one outstanding recall that has not been addressed by a qualified repair service. In New Jersey, nearly 1.3 million of 6.5 million registered vehicles have been recalled but not repaired, nearly one in five vehicles.
“Either the manufacturers’ letters are not getting to the car owners, or they are being ignored,” said Christopher Basso, a Carfax spokesman. “One of the most alarming things is that minivans and SUVs, which are family-oriented vehicles, have the highest chance of having an unfixed recall.” Nationwide, one out of every three minivans and one of every four SUVs have unresolved recall issues, he said.
New Jersey ranked 11th in the country by number of vehicles with unresolved safety recalls, according to Carfax. The percentage of recalled-but-not-yet-repaired vehicles to total registered vehicles in New Jersey was 19.7 percent, the seventh-highest rate among the 50 states, Basso said.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/jersey-drivers-ignoring-vehicle-recalls-1.1279441
