The same dangerous transmission that has been plaguing Jeep and Chrysler has now infected Maserati. We have clients experiencing these and many other dangerous issues now requesting lemon law buybacks. Maserati has even issued a massive recall. Call The Hanson Law Firm for help: 858.451.0291. See a recent article in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/business/maserati-recalls-13000-cars-for-fiat-chrysler-gearshift-issue.html
The Consumers Friend has received consumer lemon law complaints that 2011 – 2015 Ford Explorers suffer from a design defect that allows dangerous exhaust gases, which may contain carcinogens including benzene, to enter inside the vehicles. This may occur when under higher revs and/or when the vehicles’ climate control systems and/or air conditioners are turned…
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…
Here are the top worst new cars out there, according to Consumer Reports: The Fiat 500L: The boxy Italian design has a balky infotainment system, using a version of Chrysler Group’s UConnect, and transmission issues. The Ford Fiesta: Owners responding to Consumer Reports’ survey didn’t like its automatic transmission. We would add the Ford Focus…
The number of Ford Fiesta and Focus lemons continues to grow. The DSP6 Transmission is now infamous. Ford has even consolidated the hundreds of pending cases in Southern California (LA, San Diego, Orange County, etc.) for pre-trial discovery proceedings. Lemon law cases are, however, still settling pre-trial if they meet Ford’s secret criteria.
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
A consumer has sued General Motors with a proposed class action in California federal court claiming GM’s Chevy Cruze, Chevy Malibu and Buick Verano all suffer from a dangerous steering defect that could make the cars veer.
Volkswagen / Audi Diesel news flash: the manufacturer now admits that 11 million of its vehicles worldwide were equipped with software that could be used to dupe emissions control tests. This scandal erupted after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and…
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…
Consumer Question: Is there any way I can ‘get out of’ a car loan that was obtained/approved due to false/untrue income amounts that the finance manager, not me, wrote on my loan application?I did not want a car loan because I was already maxed out and could not afford another bill of any type. I…
