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Toyota Motor Guilty of Criminal Fraud. Cops $1.2 Billion Plea
This appears to be ‘cash register justice’ at its worst. Toyota is buying its way out of its blatantly illegal behavior where people died, and former Toyota employees working at NHTSA, the U.S. safety regulator, stalled an investigation and needed recalls for years. Continue reading
Posted in fools 'n frauds, litigation, safety
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, doj, eric holder, fraud, Ken Zino
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Consumers Will Commit Fraud for Cheaper Car Insurance
However, in the bold new world of snooping, two thirds (64%) of people are comfortable with a telematics type of product that would share information about the events leading to a traffic accident, in order to help determine which driver was at fault. Continue reading
Posted in fools 'n frauds, insurance
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, insurance fraud, Ken Zino
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Jeff Boyer New Vehicle Safety Chief at GM
Boyer, a GM lifer who has spent nearly 40 years in engineering and safety positions at GM, now has global responsibility for the safety development of GM vehicle systems, confirmation and validation of safety performance, as well as post-sale safety activities, including recalls. Continue reading
Posted in litigation, people, recalls, safety
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, gm ignition switch recall, Ken Zino
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GM Recalls More Vehicles, Some for Airbag Failures
GM did not provide a timeline explaining how long it has known about the latest safety defects. U.S. regulations only give a manufacturer five days after it discovers a safety problem to submit a recall plan to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, something GM did not do in the now notorious ignition switch recall which saw GM first deny a safety defect existed, and then issue a recall as well as an apology, and then expand the recall to cover more cars. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, nhtsa
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CAS Says GM Ignition Switch Airbag Failure Caused 303 Deaths
These explosive allegations from an organization that is funded by product liability lawyers is the latest negative development in the ongoing GM ignition switch controversy, which has seen GM first deny a safety defect existed, and then issue a recall, as well as an apology, and then expand the recall to cover more cars. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, cas, Ditlow, fars, Ken Zino, nhtsa
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Where’s the Independent Investigation of NHTSA for Failure to act on Deadly GM Ignition Switches and Air Bag Failures?
In AutoInformed’s view, the circumstances cries out for an independent investigation and an independent prosecutor dealing with both involved parties, one that is immune to political maneuvering and internal politics at NHTSA and GM. Continue reading
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NHTSA Opens Investigation into GM Ignition Switch Recall Delay. 13 Deaths Attributed to Defective Design So Far
At least 13 deaths and 31 wrecks are alleged from the safety defect that GM has known about since 2004, even as it refused to recall the vehicles, according to a timeline GM released early this week. GM knew of 10 accidents where Cobalts were in front-end crashes but the air bags did not inflate in 2007. GM even went so far as to approve a redesign of the switch in 2005, but never put a revised version into production for reasons that remain uncertain. Continue reading
Denso Exec Guilty for Obstructing Parts Price Fixing Probe
Kazuaki Fujitani, once a director of Denso in Japan will serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison instead of the maximum price fixing penalty of 20 years in prison and a criminal fine of $250,000 for individuals. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, denso, Ken Zino, toyota
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Bridgestone Latest Japanese Scofflaw as Auto Supplier Price Fixing Scandal Expands Yet Again
Including Bridgestone, 26 companies have pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty in the department’s ongoing investigation into price fixing and bid rigging in the automotive parts industry. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, price fixing
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OSHA Sues AT&T over Injury Suspensions
The complaint alleges that in 13 separate incidents, employees of AT&T were disciplined and given one- to three-day unpaid suspensions for reporting injuries that occurred on the job. Continue reading
Buyer Beware – Millions of Used Cars have Open Recalls
Carfax today released new data claiming online shoppers may have unknowingly purchased more than 3.5 million used cars with unfixed recalls in 2013. Continue reading
EPA 2013 Enforcement Collects $4.5 billion in Criminal Fines
The U.S. EPA has released its annual report on enforcement efforts and it shows the agency’s cases resulted in criminal sentences requiring violators to pay more than $4.5 billion in combined fines, restitution and court-ordered environmental projects that benefit communities, and more than $1.1 billion in civil penalties. Continue reading
Honda Recalls New Fit and Vezel Hybrids
It is the third recall on this new transmission, and part of a growing number of software caused recalls in the industry. Honda claims that each recall was due to a different cause Continue reading
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CounterFeit Chinese Pedal Causes Aston Martin Global Recall of All 2007 and Later Sports Cars
Aston specified a certain DuPont plastic, but got counterfeit parts from China instead. Testing conducted by Aston Martin has now revealed multiple failures and that includes cars already repaired with the bogus gas pedal. Aston now says it is bringing the molding back to the UK as soon as possible. Continue reading
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Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Deadly Distracted Driving Epidemic
Automakers, phone companies, internet service providers, electronics makers, and above all consumers have thus far shown little interest in curtailing the use of electronic devices while in motion in spite of mounting injuries and fatalities caused by them. Handheld consumer electronic devices are equally troubling and unaddressed thus far by NHTSA. Continue reading
