Shutdown halts NHTSA recall notices, crash tests.

USA Today (10/1, 5.82M) reports that the NHTSA will note be posting any new recall notices during the government shutdown. A notice on the NHTSA website says, “Due to a lapse of Federal Government funding, NHTSA is unable to post any new recalls after close of business September 30, 2013.” The notice says that “recall searches will remain available but are only current as of that time.” USA Today notes that automakers can still announce their own recalls.

        Also reporting are the New York Daily News (10/2, Bowling, 3.94M), Cars (10/2, 402K), Autoblog (10/1, Korzeniewski, 266K), and InAutoNews (10/2).