Ford Motor Co. added approximately 1.5 million vehicles to a safety recall over malfunctioning side door latches, more than doubling the size of the recall and bringing the total number of affected vehicles to more than 2.3 million, the company said in a statement Thursday.
A pending class action in Florida was just settled, according to Court docket filings. The case, which covered a certified class of Florida consumers, was only days from trial. NHTSA orders an investigation on July 8, case suddenly settles on August 5. No details are available.
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now investigating complaints from over 150 Ford Explorer SUV owners that dangerous exhaust fumes are leaking into the passenger cabin. The inquiry involves all 600,000 model 2011 to 2015 Ford Explorer SUVs and was brought after NHTSA received 154 consumer complaints related to the smell of…
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 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)
