Car seat manufacturer Recaro has agreed to issue a defective product recall for its child safety seats, which could potentially detach during a car accident. According to a news report in The New York Times, Recaro resisted the recall for 18 months and battled the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) before agreeing to…
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Recaro Recalls Car Seats That Can Detach In A Crash
Volkswagen Prepares For Recalls & Cuts Amid Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen is getting ready for vehicle recalls and massive cuts, which CEO Matthias Muller says, will be necessary as a result of costs associated with the ongoing emissions scandal. The automaker has admitted to inserting software into 11 million diesel cars around the world with the intention of fooling regulators into believing that the vehicles…
GM Recalls SUVs For Potential Fire Hazards
General Motors is recalling nearly 32,000 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia SUVs from the 2016 model for vehicle defects involving windshield wipers. According to an Associated Press news report, the automaker is telling owners of these SUVs not to use their windshield wipers because an electrical short could cause the wiper motor to…
Caitlyn Jenner Will Not Face Charges In Fatal Malibu Crash
Prosecutors have said they will not file charges against Caitlyn Jenner, who according to deputies, had caused a deadly chain-reaction car accident in Malibu back in February. According to the Los Angeles Times, the district attorney’s office determined that prosecutors will not be able to prove in court that Jenner was responsible for the crash….
Fiat Chrysler Underreported Injuries & Deaths Linked To Vehicles
Federal auto safety regulators have revealed that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had significantly underreported the number of death and injury claims related to potential auto defects in its vehicles. According to a report in The New York Times, Fiat Chrysler’s admission of the underreporting, discovered in an internal review, tied to the company’s $105-million settlements over…
Daughter of Actor Paul Walker Files Lawsuit Against Porsche
The teen daughter of “Fast and Furious” actor Paul Walker filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche AG alleging design defects in the vehicle in which Walker was a passenger in when he was killed in a fiery crash nearly two years ago. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, 16-year-old Meadow Walker…
Azusa Man Critically Injured After Gas Pedal Jams
An Azusa man was critically injured in a car accident after the gas pedal on his 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup truck jammed and his vehicle suddenly accelerated. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the incident occurred the afternoon of September 27, 2015. The man, Trevor Robben, was driving the truck on 210 Freeway…
Feds Investigate Airbag Sensors In Kia and Nissan Vehicles
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has stepped up its probe into issues with weight sensors that could deactivate passenger-side airbags in nearly a million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles and opened an investigation into similar problems in about 190,000 Kia vehicles. According to a Law360 news report, the investigation was launched on Sept. 1…
Class Action Lawsuits Filed In California Over VW Emission Scandal
At least two lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in San Diego and Los Angeles over Volkswagen tampering with emissions testing on VW and Audi models in order to deceive regulators. According to an NBC news report, an Audi owner filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking class-action status for all California…
Hyundai Recalls Sonata Sedans For Critical Engine Defect
Hyundai is recalling about 470,000 midsize cars in the United States to replace the engines because of a manufacturing defect that could cause them to fail. According to an Associated Press news report, the recall covers Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. At the time,…