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"Vans Take Top Scores in Safety Tests   The Ford Freestar, Mercury Monterey, , and minivans all earned the top rating of five stars for both the driver and right-front passenger in frontal impact crash tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).   &amp;quot;Crash test results help consumers make better decisions about the next cars they buy,&amp;quot; U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said. &amp;quot;Consumers should know how well their next cars are going to protect them and their families.&amp;quot;   A fact sheet containing explanatory information and tables showing crash tests results for recently released model year 2004 vehicles can be obtained by calling the NHTSA Auto Safety Hotline, 1-888-327-4236, or by writing to NHTSA Consumer Information, Room 5320, 400 Seventh St., S.W., Washington, DC 20590.   Crash test information is also available at NHTSA&amp;#039;s Web site () by clicking on &amp;quot;Crash Tests&amp;quot; under &amp;quot;Popular Information&amp;quot; in the index on the left side of the screen.   Rear-Seat Entertainment Proves Popular, Study Says   More than one-half of owners use their new vehicle&amp;#039;s rear-seat entertainment system at least once a week, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2004 Rear-Seat Entertainment Usage and Satisfaction Study.   The study is based on responses from more than 4,500 consumers who purchased a new vehicle with a factory-equipped rear-seat entertainment system between September 2002 and September 2003, Power said in a news release.   Of the 39 models evaluated, Panasonic&amp;#039;s system in the Denali performs well above industry average for video screen, audio quality, ease of operation and overall appearance, the study noted.   The study finds that consumers who use their rear-seat entertainment systems at least three days per week are more satisfied than owners who use their systems less often. More than one-half of owners use their new vehicle&amp;#039;s rear-seat entertainment system at least once a week, while one-quarter of respondents say they use their systems three to four times a week. The most popular uses of the system are watching DVD/VHS movies and using the headphones to listen to radio/CDs.   Although satisfaction varies with rear-seat entertainment systems, in general, owners&amp;#039; satisfaction with their systems is high. Nearly 95 percent of the respondents say they would definitely/probably recommend their rear-seat entertainment system to others and nearly two out of three indicate that the lack of a rear-seat entertainment system option in a new vehicle would influence their buying decision.   Although consumers are generally satisfied with the controls of the system, nearly seven out of eight rear-seat entertainment system owners would like to have dashboard system controls and automatic daytime/evening adjustment of display resolution on their next system. About two-thirds of owners would appreciate parental locks for the rear-seat-area controls, 110-volt outlet and headphones with a volume lock that are designed for smaller children. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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