2.5 million vehicles with Do Not Drive and Park Outside recalls still on U.S. roads.
CARFAX data reveals 2.5 million vehicles are still on U.S. roads, despite Do Not Drive or Park Outside recalls, the most serious recalls from auto manufacturers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"More than 20 people have died because of exploding Takata airbags," said CARFAX's Patrick Olsen, speaking of one of the Do Not Drive recalls. And 3100 vehicles with Park Outside recalls have caught fire, injuring 100 people, and killing one, according to NHTSA. "The risk of fire is so high, that not only should you not park it in your garage, you shouldn’t park it next to your garage," said Olsen.The problem, believes Olsen, is that many car owners aren't receiving the notices that NHTSA requires are sent by mail.
"The average age of a car, new or used is 12.5 years. So that means we're on the second, third, fourth owner, and sometimes those owners are hard to track down," Olsen explained.FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff spoke with one person who captured one Houston street had dozens of cars broken into, but nothing was stolen."I work at a repair shop. I would have taken that trailer hitch off," said Elizabeth Olsen, had she known about her Sorrento's recall.
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