The deaths show that installing a trailer hitch to protect gas tanks in low-speed crashes hasn’t been effective, said Clarence Ditlow, head of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, in a letter to NHTSA dated today. The Center for Auto Safety said it found a total of 19 deaths that involved older model Jeeps that caught fire in a fatal accident database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since NHTSA asked for the recall in June 2013.
A top safety advocate is calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reopen its investigation into rear-mounted fuel tanks on older model Jeep SUVs, saying they continue to be dangerous even after they're repaired based on a 2013 recall.
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