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…
A California federal jury awarded $430,000 to a victim of identity theft on Monday, finding that BMW Financial Services NA LLC violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by standing firm in its position that the consumer had allowed someone else to purchase a car in his name. After a four-day trial, the jury gave Plaintiff…
Reasonable drivers can misunderstand that keyless-ignition fobs do not turn their vehicles engines off, which can lead to drivers leaving their cars running in their garages and result in an increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning since the cars don’t have a safety mechanism to automatically turn off the engine after it’s been left idling…
Great editorial! http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/License-plate-bill-needs-a-quick-fix-6458638.php License Plate Bill Needs a Quick Fix “California is the only state that allows newly sold vehicles to go up to 90 days without license plates. It’s not good for public safety to have cars leaving a hit-and-run accident and other crime scenes without ready means of firm identification. It also costs…
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
According to an October 2014 lawsuit, a California resident, purchased a new 2007 Triumph Daytona 675 in April 2007 and, seven years later, he was traveling on a highway at roughly 60 miles an hour when the suspension plates on his motorcycle failed and his rear wheel locked up. the motorcycle became “uncontrollable,” and he…
A lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana alleges deceptive auto repair practices by State Farm Insurance. . The lawsuit alleges that State Farm pushed its customers to use auto repair shops that used “junkyard,” “knock-off” or “after-market” parts to repair cars, rather than manufacturer-issued parts. According to the lawsuit, the use of the used…
We have received a lemon report that model year 2003-2009 W211 E-Class Mercedes-Benz sedans and wagons have a defect in the evaporation tubes in gasoline tanks that can cause fumes to seep into the cabin and allow raw gasoline to escape the tank. Owners have claimed the defect also led to interior seats being ruined…
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Hyundai Motor Co. to dismiss a putative class action over a stalling defect in Santa Fe vehicles, saying the plaintiffs proved they had standing and properly alleged the bulk of the claims against the South Korean automaker. The Hanson Law Firm has successfully prosecuted lemon…
