201508.27
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Carmax Continues to Sell Recalled Cars

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

201508.20
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Illegal Acts by State Farm? Pushing Customers to Knock Off Shops and Bad Parts

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…

201508.19
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Lemon Law Alert: Hyundai Can’t Escape Suit Over Hyundai Santa Fe Stalling Defect

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…

201508.18
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Stalling Lemons Recalled

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (FCA) is recalling 78,000 Chrysler 200 lemon vehicles after realizing that damaged electrical connectors in the sedans may cause the engine to stall or to unexpectedly shift to neutral. FCA said it was voluntarily recalling the vehicles which were primarily sold in the U.S. market after an investigation revealed that…

201508.17
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Lights Out Lemons! Flying Blind in Fords and NHTSA is Reinvestigating

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…

201508.10
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Consumer Reports: Car Insurance Racket

Consumer report’s new research found that behind insurance rate quotes is a pricing process that judges you “less on driving habits and increasingly on socioeconomic factors.” These include your credit history, whether you use department-store or bank credit cards, and even your TV provider! Read more: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/car-insurance/auto-insurance-special-report/index.htm

201508.04
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GM Diesel Regeneration Problems Continue: Lemon law help needed

We have successfully had GM Diesels repurchased under the lemon law. Recently, the Consumers Friend has received reports that GM participated in research concerning diesel engine regeneration problems in an effort to decrease the related fuel penalty and that it subsequently published an internal video and materials based on that research , showing that GM…