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120686 1 (1983-03-02)

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FOR RELESE  ON DBUIVERY
EXPECTED AT 10s00 a.0.,
Wednesday, March 2  1983


        UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548
                      STATEMENT OF

         OLIVER W. KRUEGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                       BEFORE THE

        HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

            CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND FINANCE
            COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE

                         ON THE
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              MOTOR VEHICLE RECALL PROGRAM


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss
our report entitled Changes To The Motor Vehicle Recall Program

Could Reduce Potential Safety Hazards (GAO/CED-82-99, Aug. 24,

1982).
     Each year the motor vehicle industry and the Federal Govern-

ment spend millions of dollars on efforts to identify vehicles

with safety defects so that unsafe vehicles can be recalled for
correction and traffic-related accidents can be reducedj  When

lengthy investigations prevent safety defects from being promptly

identified and corrected, owners continue to drive potentially
dangerous vehicles.  Moreover, when owners fail to respond to


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