The Consumer’s Friend has received reports of a large-scale failure of Wire Harnesses on the Ford F-250 and some F-350 trucks. After a hard battle, the Hanson Law Firm has just forced Ford to re-purchase a Ford F-350 that was out of service for over a year! Ford has a major part issue, and California…
Check out this excellent article from AAA about avoiding car fraud in used car sales, including Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. https://www.calif.aaa.com/home/publications/westways/car-tips/drive-smart/2015-buying-used-car.html
Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused Volkswagen of installing sophisticated software on nearly 500,000 U.S. vehicles to manipulate emissions tests. The technology tricks regulators into believing that four-cylinder diesel cars comply with emissions standards, but the cars are actually emitting harmful pollutants at rates of up to 40 times acceptable standards. Volkswagen quickly halted…
See this new story: Apparently CarMax is waiting for a catastrophe to happen and their corporate image to suffer a major meltdown before they will stop selling recalled cars? WTNH-TV: Blumenthal; CarMax playing car recall roulette Full report, released yesterday by the CARS Foundation, ConnPIRG, and M & R, with US Senator Richard Blumenthal: http://carconsumers.org/pdf/CarMax-CT-report_New-Haven_Hartford-6.pdf
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into headlights prone to go out suddenly on Ford Motor Co. sedans: Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles. NHTSA is saying that more than a half-million model year 2003-2005 vehicles could be affected. 3,609 drivers have said they have experienced the issue resulting in…
Here is an interesting article about online cars sales. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-cutting-edge-beepi-20150802-story.html#page=1 One possilble upside to Beepi, assuming their claims are accurate — they have a policy of not selling recalled cars unless the safety defects have been repaired. (Unlike CarMax)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assessed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC a $105 million civil penalty over the weekend for failing to complete 23 recalls covering more than 11 million vehicles. This is the largest fine ever levied by NHTSA. In a consent order released Sunday, Chrysler admitted to violating federal rules requiring timely…
The Attorney General of New York has reached a $14 million settlement with three car dealerships and plans to sue several others in a crackdown on the sale of unlawful credit repair services and other after-sale items that impose hidden or illegal fees on car buyers. The deal with jointly-owned New York City-area dealers, Paragon…
The CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has filed suit against an automobile lender in Ohio for allegedly trying to collect on debts of military service members by threatening to inform their superiors that they violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Security National Automotive Acceptance Company’s alleged practices of telling customers they violated the UCMJ,…
Takata Corp. has formally declared many of its air bags defective as part of a consent order with the U.S. Department of Transportation. The order also expands a recall of the products to 34 million vehicles — the largest ever. Alongside the order signed Monday, Takata submitted four defect reports that double the size of…
