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Toyota settles U.S. probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million REUTERS Toyota Motor Corp settled a lengthy Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, the government said on Thursday. The government said the settlement resolved Toyota’s “systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle components designed to control emissions.” read more »

U.S. asks Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles for touchscreen failures REUTERS The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday asked Tesla Inc to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working.

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Hyundai recall 471,000 Tucson SUVs: Automaker says owners should park outside USA TODAY Hyundai is adding about 471,000 SUVs to a September U.S. recall for an electrical short in a computer that could cause fires. And the company is warning owners to park the SUVs outdoors until the problem is repaired.

Tesla’s sudden accelerations were user error, US government says THE VERGE

550,000 pickups are cheating on diesel emissions. Emissions testing might not be enough to stop them THE DAY Federal investigators estimate hundreds of thousands of Americans have illegally rigged their diesel pickups to collectively emit 16 times the level of pollution they otherwise would have over the last 10 years, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The FTC said on Monday that buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements

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The hybrid cars may not enter a failsafe mode in the event the hybrid system exhibits a fault

Ford is recalling about 2.1 million vehicles due to an issue which could lead doors to open while driving

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen Group cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida and Utah

Germany's highest civil court has ruled that Volkswagen must pay compensation

Ford customers are wondering why Ford has not fixed the death wobble in its vehicles yet.

Millions of Kia and Hyundai owners are one step closer to receiving a piece of the nearly $760 million settlement

fines and file criminal complaints against Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche

lawsuit filed against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles alleges the automaker knowingly sold vehicles with defects

Technologies used by Volkswagen to rig vehicle emissions tests should be considered illegal

The NHTSA says 2,763 McLaren vehicles in the U.S. are affected by the recall

Toyota hybrid brake defect lawsuit alleges hundreds of crashes have been reported

Nearly all U.S. owners of affected cars agreed to take part in a $25 billion settlement in 2016 in the United States