Regulators Eye Safety of Car Rental Fleets

U.S. auto safety regulators want to know whether rental car agencies are making necessary repairs on rental fleets totaling nearly 3 million vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on its website on Monday it would review records from General Motors Co., Chrysler Group, managed by Fiat SpA and Ford Motor Co. on compliance with recall fixes.

NHTSA said it became aware in recent months of crashes, some of them fatal, involving rental vehicles included in recalls issued to remedy safety defects.

The agency did not list any crash, injury or fatality details relating to its audit.

NHTSA said the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asked to prohibit certain rentals if required repairs have not been completed.

(Reporting by John Crawley; Editing by Bernard Orr)