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Chrysler Recalls Fiat 500e Electric Vehicles
Chrysler is recalling 2013 Fiat 500e electric vehicles because the half shafts may loosen and separate causing noise and leading to a complete loss of power. The problem occurred because of an earlier repair on the new vehicles. The company says no accidents or injuries have been reported. Continue reading
NHTSA Rule Tells Automakers to Reveal Uncompleted Recalls
A new regulation issued by NHTSA requires automakers and motorcycle manufacturers to provide information on uncompleted vehicle safety recalls online. During a speech at the Washington Automotive Press Association, NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said that the safety information would be searchable by the Vehicle Identification Number, aka VIN, free of charge. Continue reading
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Ford Recalls Focus EVs for Defective Lights
Ford Motor is recalling 2012-2013 Focus BEV vehicles equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights because of bad wiring, which causes the front side-marker lamps to stay dark. Continue reading
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Toyota Recalls 342,000 Tacoma Pickup Trucks
Toyota along with Ford Motor Company has the dubious distinction of paying record fines to NHTSA because of cover-ups on known safety defects. The brief Toyota statement does not provide accident or fatality details or any information on how the safety defect became known. . Continue reading
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Nissan Recalls 2014 Versa Models for Bad Bolts
Nissan North America is recalling model year 2014 Versa Note subcompact cars because the rear seat-latch bolts were manufactured incorrectly, reducing their strength. Continue reading
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Ford to Pay Record $17.35 Million NHTSA Fine on Recall
This was apparently the second plea bargain by an automaker this year to avoid protracted litigation with NHTSA over a safety defect. Chrysler recently negotiated a deal on Jeep gas tank fires. Neither automaker admitted guilt in the NHTSA deals, an important defense in product liability litigation that always surrounds major recalls. If the document was leaked from the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency, then the agency is in clear violation of SEC regulation FD, for full disclosure, which says in essence that material information should be released to all, not selectively. Continue reading
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Ford C-Max Recalled for Roof Defect
Ford Motor Company is recalling 2013 model C-Max hybrid vehicles, without panoramic roofs, because the roofs do not meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 201 – Occupant Protection in Interior Impact. Continue reading
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GM Recalling 2014 Silverado, Sierra Pickups for Bad Airbags
GM is recalling its new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks because of defective airbags. While admitting an embarrassing safety defect on its most recent major product revision, GM told NHTSA in the required recall filing that the welding on the passenger airbag inflator might fracture when the airbag deploys, allowing some gas from the air bag inflator to vent behind the instrument panel, instead of into the air bag. Continue reading
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Michelin Recalls Popular Pickup Truck and SUV Tires
No deaths, injuries or accidents have been reported in connection with these recalled tires, according to the required NHTSA filing from a company usually known for its fastidious quality control procedures. Michelin said it has identified and fixed the issue that prompted the recall without proving details. Continue reading
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July 4th Fiasco as Chrysler Group Issues Four Recalls
Late in the day before the U.S. July 4th holiday, the Fiat-controlled Chrysler Group issued statements on four separate safety recalls. This obvious ploy to minimize damaging publicity about the its latest quality gaffs came as the Center for Auto Safety renewed efforts to have NHTSA crash test a proposed fix covering Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokee SUVs for fuel-system fires. Continue reading
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Honda Re-Recalls Fit for Window Switch Fires
Honda is re-recalling 2007-2008 Fit subcompacts that were covered under previous recall for fires, 10V-033, because the fix did not work. The repair in this earlier recall “may have been insufficient,” Honda said in an embarrassing NHTSA filing just made public. Continue reading
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Jeep Fuel Tank Fire Fix Inadequate Center for Auto Safety Says
The Center for Auto Safety, a consumer pressure group closely aligned with product liability lawyers, says the proposed recall fix for Jeep fuel system fires is inadequate. CAS is calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to crash test the proposed fix that would install trailer hitches on Jeep SUVs that do not already have them. “Chrysler’s announcement means the argument shifts from whether the 1993-98 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002-07 Liberty’s are unsafe and whether there will be a recall to what the recall remedy will be and how to make the Jeeps safe from rear impact fires,” CAS said in a statement. CAS wants Chrysler to install skid plates under the fuel tanks instead. Continue reading
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Chrysler Finally Agrees to Fix Jeep Fuel Systems after a Long NHTSA Probe and Formal Recall Request
Chrysler Group will recall 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2002-07 Jeep Liberty vehicles, it announced this afternoon. The reversal follows two years of investigation and a recent disagreement on 4 June between Chrysler and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, aka NHTSA, when Chrysler refused to recall the vehicles. NHTSA appears to have stared down the Fiat-controlled company in what was a growing public relations disaster. Continue reading
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Multiple Ram Truck Recalls Active at Chrysler Group
Chrysler Group is recalling 2012 and 2013 Ram trucks for three different safety defects, according to NHTSA documents just made public. The recalls are for defective headlamps and taillights, as well as a bad weld affecting the front driveshaft. The latest safety defects come shortly after Chrysler Group refused a NHTSA request to recall almost thee million Jeeps for an allegedly defective fuel tank design. Continue reading
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NHTSA Forces Expanded GM Recall because of Fires
In this safety defect, water may enter the driver’s door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board. Continue reading
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