A little more than five years after a crash killed Lalitha Seetharaman’s husband, Gautam, she is hoping the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will be able to confirm her contention that her Honda Accord Hybrid’s brakes were responsible for his death.
To obtain that information, she is employing a little-used and little-known federal regulation that requires the safety agency to consider carrying out a defect investigation.
An odd circumstance led Ms. Seetharaman to file a defect petition, when her physical therapy shuttle-bus driver, who was familiar with the petition process, saw her crying and took time to talk to her.
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