In a what has become a fortnight European car brands would rather forget, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has now set its sights on BMW for failing to properly implement a recall on its 2014 Mini Cooper model.
In October 2014 the NHTSA performed a side impact test on 2014 Mini 2 Door Hardtop Coopers. The subject Mini Cooper vehicles did not pass the test and adequately protect a female dummy, specifically with respect to the spine acceleration value for the 5th percentile female dummy. In January 2015 BMW verbally committed that it would conduct…
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