Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and German engineering firm Bosch were hit Thursday with a new class action alleging that thousands of Dodge and Jeep diesel vehicles advertised as eco-friendly use the same kind of "defeat devices" that Volkswagen A.G. used to cheat U.S. emissions tests.
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The automobile industry is staggering in a year of record recalls across 14 car manufacturers. Worldwide, more than 100 million vehicles have been impacted
Auto safety and consumer advocacy groups have sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a bid to force the agency to decide whether to require automatic braking systems on all new light vehicles. The suit highlights growing frustration within the safety and consumer protection lobby over NHTSA chief Mark Rosekind's pursuit of voluntary safety agreements...
problem in the fuel system may prevent the fuel gauge from accurately estimating the amount of fuel remaining, negotiations are continuing between the German automaker, regulators and lawyers representing owners
Bentley's ultra-posh Bentayga SUV has loose parts, Recalled vehicles - from the tiniest subcompacts to heavy-duty trucks - are often going unrepaired, leading to deadly consequences
a defect can cause the sliding doors to open while the vehicle is in motion, has called on U.S. regulators to change federal auto safety standards that effectively prohibit the operation of a car without the presence of a driver. possibility of an engine compartment fire
The Ram owners—represented by the law firm of Hagens Berman, The new software was supposed to make the cars and SUVs automatically shift into park when the driver's door is opened while the engine is running, Security experts believe yet another open-source software security catastrophe is on the horizon -- but this time, your car is the target.
Premium, luxury, and ultra-luxury manufacturers are no strangers to safety recalls.
"The sheer level of fraud and concealment between Chrysler and Cummins is unconscionable, and we believe we have uncovered a deeply entrenched scheme," Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman, said, for a fuel leak, which in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen is spinning its wheels, deeper in the morass than ever before, Volkswagen and its subsidiaries said it would be more efficient to include Missouri's lawsuit with claims by plaintiffs in 11 other states
fix or buy back around 80,000 Audi, VW and Porsche vehicles with tainted 3-liter diesel engines, issue with fuel pump sealing rings that may leak and catch fire, A failed front axle on an amphibious "duck boat" led to a deadly Seattle collision
engines in some Ram pickup trucks were rigged to hide that emissions were as much as 14 times higher than permitted by law, long-delayed rules that will require "quiet cars" like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit alert sounds when they are moving at speeds of up to 18.6 miles per hour (30 km per hour) to help prevent injuries among pedestrians, cyclists and the blind
technology capable of distorting emissions when they are tested, issue that might cause a seat belt to inadequately restrain passengers in a crash
Back in September 2015, and again in November 2015, Volkswagen and Audi admitting using defeat device software to activate emissions controls when diesel cars were being smog tested, but deactivate such controls during normal on-road driving. Volkswagen took the position that the diesel defeat device was an isolated incident, which it dubiously blamed on "rogue engineers."
Porsche averages the fewest recalls and Volkswagen the most. Tesla is the most timely in issuing recalls and Mazda the slowest. These are among the findings of a new study by website iSeeCars.com, which looks at long-term auto company recall performance. The study used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from January 1985 through September...
BMW is recalling certain vehicles in the United States model year 2007-2011, said it is abandoning a high-profile effort to develop an aftermarket device to enable vehicles to drive themselves, petition argued that the affected vehicles are prone to transmission failure
to resolve an investigation by 33 U.S. states over the their 2012 mileage restatements, recall notices had been issued but repairs were never made, deadly defects and how sellers have few obligations to disclose those defects to the public, nearly 700,000 vehicles being recalled so far this month in the U.S., deadly GM ignition switch defect
Volkswagen admitted last year that the cars were programmed to cheat on emissions tests, faulty air bag inflators made by Takata Corp including those used as replacement parts following a 2010 recall, 5,500 others in Spain in filing a class-action lawsuit against VW,
record-setting settlement with regulators and owners of 475,000 polluting diesel vehicles, wire harness which attaches to the brake fluid reservoir sensor was not connected during the vehicle assembly process, new guidance for how automakers should approach cybersecurity amid growing scrutiny
to compensate owners whose cars do not meet exhaust emission standards, sunroof could fly off in traffic and careen into other vehicles, potential of engine stalls or engine fires, faulty General Motors ignition switches
