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By National Safety Council

ABOUT CHECK TO PROTECT

CHECK TO PROTECT is a national campaign to encourage drivers
to check the recall status of their vehicle and have open recalls fixed
immediately. It is led by the National Safety Council (NSC), along with
founding coalition partner FCA US (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). This
campaign comes at a time when an unprecedented number of vehicles,
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53 million, are on the road with unresolved safety recalls. That’s more
than one in four cars on the road. This poses an urgent and serious risk
to drivers and passengers.

The campaign is particularly focused on drivers of older (five years old
or older) and used cars because the recall compliance completion rate
is only 44 percent for these vehicles, compared to 83 percent for newer
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vehicles. This may be because drivers of older and used vehicles are
further removed from dealerships, and therefore may not be reached by
the traditional recall notification systems.

CHECK TO PROTECT aims to reinforce the significant risks unaddressed
recalls can pose for families. In a November 2016 survey of owners of
older vehicles more than four in 10 respondents say they would wait to
take in their car for repair if they received a recall notice (as opposed
to getting the recall fixed immediately) and five percent say they
wouldn’t take in their car at all. In the survey, approximately one-third of
respondents reported receiving a recall on their vehicle.
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