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….
A starter interrupter allows a creditor to disable the engine’s starter motor remotely, preventing anyone from driving the car. Starter interrupters can either be manually triggered once a borrower falls behind on his or her loan payments, or they can be activated through a program that tracks the borrower’s payments and automatically disables the car…
Papa John’s International Inc. on Monday dropped its Sixth Circuit appeal of a decision freeing a pair of American International Group Inc. affiliates from paying defense costs in two class actions accusing the pizza giant of spamming consumers with text messages.
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.
A California jury has walloped Toyota Motor Corp. with a $12.5 million verdict, finding a defectively designed lap seat belt caused a passenger riding in a sport utility vehicle that crashed into a tree in a drunk driving accident to become a paraplegic.
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act can help! The FCC just revised the TCPA to help consumers fight back by getting between $500 to $1500 per violation! Now telemarketers will have receive express written consent from consumers before making calls or sending texts. Because there are no exceptions to the new consent requirement for prior business…
Dealers “markup” financing that they arrange for your vehicle purchase. The Dealer and the Finance Company then share the additional profits! Recently, Ally Financial agreed to pay a huge settlement for giving dealers this ability, and thereby allowing them to discriminate against minorities by charging them more! This violates the Equal Credit Opportunities Act. Automotive…
Just this year a class action settled that was brought against Capital One for financing GAP contracts that, in the fine print, did not actually agree to pay off the full GAP! These phony GAP agreements were written by Beacon Industries. The Consumer’s Friend is looking for victims of this scheme in California. Let us…
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.
