GM Denies Calls To Extend Ignition Switch Fund Deadline General Motors Co. doesn’t plan to extend its Jan. 31 deadline for applications to the fund it established last year to compensate the victims of a deadly ignition switch defect, the automaker said Thursday, despite pleas from two Democratic senators. GM has decided not to extend…
The administrator of General Motors Co.’s ignition switch compensation fund has deemed 45 deaths eligible for compensation, as the overall number of claims submitted to the program climbed to more than 2,700 as of Friday.
Kia has issued Kia Service Campaign # SC106, meant to address repeated stalling of the Kia Sorrento. We want to hear from Sorrento owners who have had the PCM reprogrammed based on this service campaign. Has it worked to solve low-speed stalling? Do you have stalling at other than low speeds? Let us know!
Stalling Engines in the Santa Fe years 2010-12 What’s causing the Hyundai Santa Fe 2010–12 engines in these SUVs to stall at any time? Hyundai is only letting out dribbles of admissions. This SUV has an engine with a nasty reputation of stalling at any speed, any time, without any warning. That means no acceleration….
Luxury car maker Ferrari was hit with a $3.5 million civil penalty by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to submit certain early warning reports identifying possible safety issues with its vehicles, the U.S. auto regulator said Friday. As part of a consent order filed in an agency administrative proceeding, Ferrari, which is…
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. will pay $100 million — the largest penalty ever levied under the Clean Air Act — to settle claims they sold more than 1 million vehicles that emit much greater quantities of greenhouse gases than what they had certified to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday ordered BMW AG to lower fuel economy estimates for four 2014 BMW Mini Cooper vehicle models to ensure consumers are given accurate fuel economy values.
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC told a California federal judge on Monday that consumers’ supposed reliance on its “reputation” can’t be used to pursue claims that it allegedly failed to fix leaks present in Sprinter model van air-conditioning units, asking that the class action be tossed.
Nearly a million Ford Motor Co. vehicles are being investigated over potential problems with their electronic power steering systems that some drivers say made them lose control of their vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday
Suzuki Motor of America Inc. was slapped with a putative class action in Oklahoma federal court on Wednesday, alleging that the automaker concealed from consumers a defect in certain General Motors LLC-manufactured Forenza and Reno compact cars that can cause the running lights to overheat and cause a fire.
