Automakers Meet With NHTSA to Fix Recall System Consumers Ignore

Even with historic levels of recalled vehicles in 2014, with General Motors Co. ignition switches and exploding Takata Corp. air bags leading to deaths, U.S. regulators say consumers don’t always get the message.

Defective cars only get repaired about two-thirds of the time. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and automakers including GM are meeting in Washington all day Tuesday to devise new ways to get the word out that when there’s a recall, motorists need to act.