Safeguards are emergency measures adopted by countries that due to their imports have caused damage to the national product or an imbalance in the balance of payments, this has been a subject of debate in Ecuador, especially in recent fiscal years, due to the implementation of 2,963 subheadings with surcharges of 45%, 25%, 15% and 5% for capital goods, raw materials and consumer goods. This decision was caused by the appreciation of the dollar and the fall in oil prices, affecting multiple sectors, the automotive sector being one of them, in reference to its economic impact, for the country and its sustainability implementation to help the automotive sector, in Ecuador is divided into four groups, which are: 1. various economic, 2. environmental impacts, 3. impact on resources or materials, and 4. social impacts, is one that allows companies to deliver their products or services without compromising future resources or skills of future generations .; In this sense, this research analyzes the impact that safeguards have caused on the economic situation of the automotive sector, through the documentary, financial and economic analysis of fiscal years 2014 until the first half of 2017.