• FCA recalls 900,000 vehicles worldwide

    • November 2, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has said it will recall nearly 900,000 vehicles around the world to fix issues related to airbag deployment and anti-lock braking systems. The firm said it was recalling 284,089 model-year 2003 Jeep Liberty and 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees SUVs in the United States to replace some components linked to the deployment of [...]
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  • VW dismissing CEO over emissions scandal

    • September 22, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen will dismiss Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, according to reports in a German newspaper, after the carmaker admitted to cheating US vehicles emissions tests and said 11 million of its cars could be affected worldwide. The Tagesspiegel newspaper, cited unnamed sources on Volkswagen’s supervisory board, stating that Winterkorn would be replaced by Matthias Mueller, the [...]
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  • VW apologise for emissions error

    • September 21, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen has apologised after US regulators found some of its cars disguised pollution levels. VW chief executive, Martin Winterkorn said, ‘I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public.’ An investigation has now been launched into the device that allowed VW cars to emit less during tests [...]
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  • Autonation won’t sell cars with unrepaired safety defect

    • September 8, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    AutoNation Inc, the largest U.S. auto retailer, said on Tuesday it will not sell any new or used vehicle that has an unrepaired safety defect, in a move that could boost costs but also deflect pressure from consumers, lawmakers and regulators. The announcement comes after a record-setting run of safety recalls in the United States [...]
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  • FCA recall 7,000 SUVs in US

    • September 7, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Friday it would recall 7,810 sport utility vehicles in the United States to update software for radios to prevent hacking. The announcement by FCA, comes more than a month after the company recalled about 1.4 million vehicles in the United States for the software update. Security researchers used the Internet [...]
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