WASHINGTON, March 30 -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a notice called: Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 30 by Eileen Sullivan, Associate Administrator, Enforcement.
Summary: This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a defect petition submitted by Costas Lakafossis ("Petitioner") to NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) requesting that the Agency recall all Tesla vehicle models produced from 2013 to the present due to what the Petitioner considers to be the increased likelihood of pedal misapplication. According to Petitioner, the differences in the operator controls between the subject Tesla vehicles and internal combustion eng...