The Obama administration announced new regulations Wednesday that will allow the nation's 240 million car and truck owners to determine if their vehicles have been recalled — and if they've been fixed.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — complying with a July 2012 mandate from Congress — also will require all major automakers and motorcycle manufacturers to provide consumers with online access to recall information on vehicles searchable by Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN. The search feature will be available at automakers’ websites and at the government’s safercar.gov website.
NHTSA noted that several automakers already offer this feature, but those who do not will have until August 2014 to comply.
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