Hit by the incredible huge amount of recalls this years, federal agencies in the US are now rallying to better find and address potential safety flaws in vehicles on the road.
Now, the Safety Institute, a non-profit organization that monitors product safety issues and trends has done exactly that – providing us with a list of potential product defects in cars and trucks, which sees Toyota, Ford and GM heading the shameful record. The watchdog group has compiled its first of the kind, quarterly Vehicle Safety Watch List that highlights potential, safety related defects in vehicles today.
| Rank This Period | Vehicle and Component | Component Definition | Notes |
| 1 | 2012 FORD FOCUS
Steering | Steering | No Investigations,
no recalls |
| 2 | 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA
Structure | Structure | Investigations,
and recalls |
| 3 | 2012 FORD FOCUS
Electrical | Electrical | Investigation,
and recalls |
| 4 | 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE
Service Brake | Service Brake | No Investigations,
but recall |
| 5 | 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA
Structure | Structure | Investigations,
and recalls |
| 6 | 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA
Structure | Structure | Investigations,
and recalls |
| 7 | 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | Investigations,
and recalls |
| 8 | 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | Investigations,
and recall |
| 9 | 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | Investigations,
no recalls |
| 10 | 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE
Service Brake | Service Brake | No investigations,
but recall |
| 11 | 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | Investigations,
no recalls |
| 12 | 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | Investigations,
and recalls |
| 13 | 2006 TOYOTA RAV4
Suspension | Suspension | Investigation,
and recalls |
| 14 | 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY
Speed Control | Speed Control | No Investigations,
no recalls |
| 15 | 2007 GMC YUKON
Latch | Latch | Investigations,
no recalls |
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