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Regulators Investigating Harman Kardon After Remote Hack Of Jeep
UPDATE: A day after regulators announced they had opened an investigation into Harman Kardon to determine if vehicles – other than the recently recalled 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler models – equipped...
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Regulators Open Investigation Into Jeeps That Just Roll Away When Parked
When putting your vehicle in the “park” position, you probably have the expectation that your car won’t be moving. That’s apparently not the case for more than 400,000 Jeeps now under investigation by...
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Class-Action Lawsuit Claims 10 Automakers Hid Keyless Ignition Carbon...
At least 13 people have died because 10 major automakers concealed the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning in more than five million vehicles equipped with keyless ignitions, a new class-action lawsuit...
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Fiat Chrysler Wants To Hug GM So Tight They Merge
When you’re a multibillion-dollar company that’s been under heavy scrutiny from federal regulators and you’ve been turned down by several potential suitors in the last year, you don’t simply give up...
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Fiat Chrysler Offers $100 Gift Cards To Get Your Recalled Car Fixed Already
The federal government has fined Fiat Chrysler $105 million for its failure to address vehicle defects and active recalls, and perhaps they’ve concluded that customers will respond to a cash incentive,...
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Fiat Chrysler Recalls Nearly 1.2M Ram Trucks Over Airbag Deployment Issues
It seems as if we’ve had a nice break from the incessant recalls of vehicles equipped with airbags that may not deploy properly, putting drivers and passengers in harm’s way. Unfortunately, they say...
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Regulators Accuse Fiat Chrysler Of “Widely Under-Reported” Deaths Related To...
After being fined $105 million by federal regulators for their leisurely pace in fixing more than 11 million vehicles connected to 23 safety recalls, Fiat Chrysler’s recall woes haven’t magically...
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Report: VW May Have Underreported Deaths, Injuries Related To Vehicle Accidents
Car manufacturers are required under law to report death and injury claims to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Those figures allow the regulatory agency to identify potentially...
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GM Wants Your Help To Figure Out How Hackers Could Take Over Its Cars
Following the very public hacking of Jeep that eventually led to the recall of more 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles, rival General Motors is trying to take a proactive stance to potential hack...
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Is Giving Up Your Right To Sue Fiat Chrysler Worth $200?
Companies that don’t want their customers to sue have a special weapon: they slip mandatory arbitration agreements into new contracts and service agreements, requiring customers to opt out if they...
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Report: VW Failed To Disclose One Death, Three Injuries To Federal Regulator...
Last month it was reported that Volkswagen may have skirted rules that require car manufacturers to report death and injury claims to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A new analysis...
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Family Gets Out Of Jeep, Watches It Catch Fire After Recall Repair
When you dutifully bring your car to a dealership for a recall repair, you generally assume that the repair is going to fix the problem, and that your vehicle is not going to catch fire anyway. Back in...
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Fiat Chrysler Spins Off Ferrari Division, Drops Hostile Bid To Merge With...
With all the mergers – or would-be mergers – floating around out there, Fiat Chrysler is going in the opposite direction: spinning off its Ferrari division and dropping talks of a hostile takeover of...
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Dodge Recalls More Than 121,000 Darts Over Brake System Issue
Brakes are meant to slow, stop or keep a vehicle from moving when the driver doesn’t want it to, making them an integral part of the automobile. So when there’s a problem with the system, that’s a...
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Fiat Chrysler To Pay $70M For Allegedly Failing To Disclose Crash Deaths &...
Fiat Chrysler will pay a $70 million fine to federal regulators over allegations it under-reported injuries and deaths related to vehicle crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
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Lawsuit Accuses Fiat Chrysler Of Paying Dealers To Falsify Sales Reports
Each month for the past six years Fiat Chrysler has reported gains in sales. But a new lawsuit accuses the carmaker of conspiring with dealers to inflate U.S. sales, casting a shadow of doubt over...
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Fiat Chrysler Recalling 389K SUVs (Again) To Fix Wiring Issue That Can Lead...
In May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into Fiat Chrysler over Jeep and Dodge SUVs that were recalled in July 2014 for a wiring issue that could cause sun...
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New Airbag Recall Involves 5 Million Vehicles From Honda, Chrysler, Kia & Others
Another auto parts maker has kicked off a massive recall thanks to potentially defective airbags. This time, it’s Continental Automotive Systems, which has alerted federal regulators that some 5...
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More Than 100 Crashes Caused By Confusing Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge Gear Shifters
For most vehicles, shifting into “Park” seems to be a simple task. But for thousands of people who own Fiat Chrysler cars, that’s not the case. Federal regulators expanded their investigation into...
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In Wake Of Additional Deaths, NHTSA Being Pushed To Reopen Jeep Investigation
Three years after Fiat Chrysler and federal regulators agreed to a recall to fix more than 1.56 million Jeep SUVs that could catch fire in the event of a rear-end crash, safety advocates are calling...
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