Think your V-8 throaty engine rumble sounds great? What if it is being faked and is just a recording pumped into the cabin through your speakers? Does that Mustang GT or Ford F-150 rumble now make you feel like a fool? The Washington Post just published a major piece on the industry practice, now widespread,…
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced its first ever enforcement actions against car title lenders, alleging that two firms used deceptive tactics to market their loans to vulnerable consumers. The actions against the two car title lenders — First American Title Lending of Georgia LLC and Finance Select Inc. — are part of a…
2010-12 Hyundai Santa Fes have a dangerous safety defect, but Hyundai refuses to tell US consumers the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In the class action, Eisley v. Hyundai, a Hyundai North America witness testified this week that Hyundai North America has purposely failed to notify its customers of a defect…
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 FTC is studying proposals to improve the Buyer’s Guide that, by law, has to be posted on all used vehicles at the time of sale. The changes are meant to clarify that “As-Is” sales do not protect dealers from fraud, and to help consumers get access to the many types of vehicle history reports…
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.
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. on Friday said that it faces a potential fine from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly engaging in discriminatory pricing of auto loans.
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…
