But Channel 2 has learned the system doesn't work. A government audit found the government is ill-equipped to manage such a system. On the other side of the equation, several big-name automakers are not complying with federal regulations. Honda and Chrysler were recently fined $70 million each by the Department of Transportation for failing to forward consumer complaints to NHTSA. Honda's civil penalty is due to failure to report 1,729 death and injury claims to the NHTSA between 2003 and 2014. Fiat Chrysler America acknowledged significant failures in early warning reporting dating back to the beginning of the mandatory program in 2003. But the second largest automaker in the world since the program began has reported far fewer defect complaints than both Honda and Fiat.