Report: The Real Root Cause of the Ford-Firestone Tragedy

Chronology of Firestone/Ford Knowledge of Tire Safety Defect
      
Documents Submitted by Ford, Firestone, NHTSA & Others To Congress During Congressional Investigations, Sum. 2000
Index 1      Index 2

Depositions in lawsuits against Ford and/or Firestone
Thomas Baughman    James Gardner
    
Charts & Map of deaths and injuries in U.S. (as of Feb. 6, 2001)
   

Tire Recall Information

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Firestone

The Safety Forum

• Letter to the Senate Regarding Consumer Lawyers' Knowledge of Firestone Tire Failure Patterns - June 27, 2001
• Rollover Deaths Were Preventable; Government Needs to Require Crashworthy SUVs
• Written Testimony of Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen,
  Submitted for the Record to the Subcommittees on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and Oversight and Investigations
• Rollover Deaths Were Preventable; Government
  Needs to Require Crashworthy SUVs
• Ford Ultimately Responsible for Ford-Firestone Tragedy; Steps Must Be Taken Now to Ensure No More People Die Unnecessarily - Statement of Joan Claybrook - April 25, 2001
• Dangerous Tires Prone to Shred Are Still on Road, Investigation Shows - April 25, 2001
• Firestone Report Reveals News Data Supporting Recall of Non-Decatur Wilderness AT Tires
• Rollover Rating System Won’t Make Vehicles Safer, Forces Consumers to Protect Themselves - Jan. 9, 2001
• Ford, Firestone Officials Took Narrow View When Recalling Tires, Ignoring Key Data While Admitting Tires Lacked Strength
• Goodyear Tire Defect and Coverup Demonstrate Need for Criminal Penalties in Auto Safety Law - Statement of Joan Claybrook, Nov. 21, 2000
• Congress Should Fix Weak Auto Safety Law - Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook, Nov. 1, 2000
• Auto Industry Used Trunkloads of Cash to Weaken
  Auto Safety Legislation, Oct. 31, 2000

• The Ford/Firestone T.R.E.A.D. Bill (H.R. 5164) Reduces Public Access to Crucial Safety Defect Information, Oct. 17, 2000

• Congress Passed Auto Safety Legislation Under Pressure;
  Should Revisit It In Spring, Statement of Joan Claybrook, Oct. 12, 2000
   
• Public Citizen Calls on Senate to Amend House Auto Safety Legislation, Oct. 11, 2000
   
• House Auto Safety Legislation Still Lacks Critical Provisions, Oct. 5, 2000

• House Auto Safety Legislation Sets Up Hurdles for Regulators, Is Riddled With Defects, Oct. 4, 2000
   

• Changes Needed in the House T.R.E.A.D. Bill H.B. 5461: Protect Consumers: Fix the Bill -- Amendments for Full Committee Markup, October 5, 2000

• Statement by Joan Claybrook on Disclosure of Firestone Court Documents
   
• House Auto Safety Legislation (H.R. 5164) Sets Up Roadblocks for Regulators
   
• Analysis of the House of Representatives Auto Safety Legislation H.R. 5164
   
• Victims of Firestone Tire Crashes Call on Congress to Resist Pressure From Automakers, Enact Strong Measures, Sept. 26

• Automakers Working Behind the Scenes to Block Much-Needed Auto Safety Reforms; Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook, Sept. 26

• Statement of Vickie Hendricks, Corpus Christi, TX, .Sept. 26

• Statement of Julie Lockwood-Steinberg, Houston, TX, Sept. 26

• Statement of Shawna Fruecht, Naples, FL, Sept. 26

• Summary of Senate Auto Safety Legislation (S. 3059)

• Criminal Sanctions Urgently Needed at NHTSA, Sept. 26

• Auto Safety Legislation Should Include New Enforcement Powers for NHTSA, More Notification and Updated Safety Standards - Statement by Joan Claybrook, Sept. 20

• Sen. Shelby Rightly Drops Provision Preventing NHTSA from Issuing Vehicle Rollover Information, Statement by Joan Claybrook, Sept. 20

• Public Citizen Asks Texas Court to Deny Ford and Firestone Request to Keep Documents Secret in Tire Lawsuit - Press Release, Sept. 18.

• Public Citizen's Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Compel and Opposition to Protective Order - Trahan vs. Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone, Sept. 18

• Affidavit of Joan Claybrook in support of Public Citizen's Amicus Brief - Trahan v. Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone, Sept. 18

• Joan Claybrook Testimony before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, on Firestone Tire Recall - Sept. 12.
    
• Chronology of Firestone/Ford Knowledge of Tire Safety Defect - Sept. 12.
    
• Joan Claybrook Testimony before Transportation Subcommittee, Senate Appropriations Committee, on Firestone Tire Recall - Sept. 6.
    
• Former NHTSA Chief Calls on Congress to Upgrade Standards; Increase Budget, Enforcement Authority of Auto Safety Agency - Sept. 6
    
• DOT Complaints of Fatalities and Injuries Continue to Mount; Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook - Aug. 15
    
• Firestone Should Immediately Expand Tire Recall to Protect Public; Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook - Aug. 14
    
• Public Citizen Letter to Senate Commerce Chair John McCain Urging Hearings on Tire Recall - Aug. 15.
    
• Tire Recall Should Have Come Sooner - Joan Claybrook - Aug. 9.
    
• The SUV Phenomenon - Article from Public Citizen News, July/August Issue