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Prevent Tragedy During Summer Road Travel
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| Consumers urged to secure the safety of their vehicle prior to heavy 4th of July holiday travel; instant automotive recall information found online at Autobytel.com |
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Jul 7, 2004 20:36:45 |
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Irvine, CA-June 27, 2001 - Road warriors looking to hit the highways this summer would be wise to do more than a quick check under the hood. With over 20 million automotive recalls issued to car owners each year1, there's a distinct possibility that the family vacation vehicle might be part of a safety recall and the owner may not even know it! Many car owners are unaware when their vehicle has a safety recall simply because manufacturers send the notices via standard mail and they either arrive late or not at all.
Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) wants to help travelers have a safe road trip with its easy-to-access vehicle recall information. Car owners simply register their vehicles online at Autobytel.com's MyGarage site where they can instantly check their vehicles' current recall status and receive e-mail notices if there is a recall in the future. This can cut weeks off the standard recall notice process.
Bill Becker of Redondo Beach, California is just one MyGarage e-mail recall recipient who benefited from learning about a recall on his Ford Explorer's Firestone tires prior to the media frenzy. Becker got the notice of the recall from Autobytel.com weeks before receiving the manufacturer notice in the mail, enabling him to get replacement tires within five days instead of waiting months.
"The day I received the manufacturer's notice, I had been riding on new Michelin tires for two weeks," said Becker. "Autobytel's notice definitely reached me before Ford's and I immediately started calling around finding stores with tire replacements."
Autobytel.com's MyGarage has sent out over 2.7 million e-mail recall notices to registered consumers since its inception. MyGarage is also dedicated to helping consumers repair and maintain their vehicles by providing maintenance schedules and reminders, service schedules, service advice, insurance quotes, trade-in valuations, warranties and more.
"As one of the largest generators of car sales in the U.S., Autobytel.com believes it is important that our customers have recall information about the safety of the vehicles they drive," said Mark Lorimer, Autobytel.com President and CEO. "MyGarage was developed in 1999 to keep consumers abreast of the maintenance and safety issues related to their vehicles. We hope all car owners take advantage of this simple and easy process to help them improve the safety and longevity of their vehicles."
1 According to a 1999 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration report |
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