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U.S. Gov’t Flags FCA for Vehicle Safety Violations (UPDATED)

UPDATE: In a statement, FCA corrects some erroneous reports regarding the scope of the NHTSA vehicle safety recall. FCA will still offer to repurchase vehicles encompassed in its three most recent recall campaigns—2008 through 2012 chassis cab, 2009 through 2011 light duty and 2008 through 2012 heavy duty Ram Trucks—if those vehicles weren’t previously fixed. Alternatively, owners can still keep

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GM Issues Cop Car Recall

General Motors announced that it’s recalling approximately 47,000 of its Chevrolet Caprice and Pontiac G8 sedans sold in North America due to faulty seat belts. The GM cop car recall includes Chevrolet Caprice vehicles from model years 2011 through 2013 and Pontiac G8 vehicles from model years 2008 and 2009. In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), GM st

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FCA: Recall Trouble

FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV) has made huge gains since its recent inception. Both auto groups went from the brink of bankruptcy within the past 12 years, to one worth over 6 billion as a result of the US government aided merger. However, the company may not be out of the metaphorical woods yet. FCA is scheduled to have a public hearing with the NHTSA (National Highway Transportation Safety A

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NTSB: Collision-Avoidance Systems a Must in All U.S. Cars

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging automakers to adopt collision-avoidance systems in their passenger and commercial vehicles. According to the NTSB, over 1.7 million rear-end crash accidents on U.S. roads resulted in more than 1,700 deaths and 500,000 injuries in 2012. The group claims that over 80 percent these accidents might have been prevented or limited had the vehicles been

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U.S. Safety Regulators Close Toyota Unintended Acceleration Case

Federal safety regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concluded their investigation of alleged unintended acceleration issues with Toyota Corolla vehicles. After extensive tests, they were unable to corroborate the claims of a Bristol, Rhode Island engineer that his 2010 Corolla regularly surged at low speeds. “Taking into account the allocation of agency resou

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