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  Defect Investigation of Hertz/vehicles Rented With Open Recalls

Investigation of Hertz/vehicles Rented With Open Recalls

Subject: Hertz/vehicles rented with open recalls
Components covered:
  • Hood latch
Investigations Summary: NHTSA is opening this audit query to investigate whether the hertz corporation (hertz) has complied with the requirements of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act (safety act). The safety act requires, among other things, that a rental company shall not rent a vehicle subject to a safety recall unless the recall remedy has been performed. 49 u. S. C. ? 30120(I). NHTSA is in receipt of information that indicates hertz rented vehicles to customers without having performed required recall repairs. Accordingly, we are opening this audit query to seek additional information concerning this issue.
Vehicles Affected by this investigation:
  • 2018 Ford Explorer
  • 2018 Nissan Altima
  • 2019 Nissan Altima
  • 2020 Nissan Altima
  • 2021 Nissan Altima
  • 2022 Nissan Altima

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