{"id":12856,"date":"2019-10-03T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:44:36","slug":"back-seat-occupant-alerts-standard-by-2025-on-new-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/back-seat-occupant-alerts-standard-by-2025-on-new-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-Seat Occupant Alerts: Standard By 2025 On New Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Did you know that a hot car was responsible for 39 child deaths (newborns to 4-year-old) in the U.S. this year alone? And according to Consumer Reports, more than 90 children have died in hot cars if we count 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For the past three years, lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate have been trying to pass the HOT CARS (Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act), but seems like carmakers bet them to the punch. That\u2019s right, the Association of Global Automakers and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers are making rear-seat occupants alerts standard by 2025. These two groups include Volvo Car USA, BMW Group, Ford Motor Company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Honda.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Some carmakers, such as Kia, General Motors, Nissan, and Subaru already have these life-saving alerts in their fleet. Even though most back-seat occupants alerts work in similar ways (using the vehicle\u2019s opening and closing of rear doors to trigger the alert) each automotive manufacturer has their own version depending on when it was first added as a feature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For example, General Motors launched their own rear seat reminder in the 2017 GMC Acadia. Nissan debuted theirs in the 2018 Pathfinder SUV. The other difference in these back-seat alerts is how the technology works. 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