This reminds me of Fight Club. ok ok, bear with me here for a sec. The main characters job is to investigate accidents for the car companies and see if its cheaper to settle out of court or do a recall on the vehicle. If they find sufficient evidence that its cheaper to pay off the victims rather than do a recall then they just keep the unsafe vehicles on the road. Sounds pretty similar to me.

P.S. I just woke up. Groggy. Thinking warped.