Rodents Damage Cars By Chewing Electrical Connections: Tips On How To Avoid Costly Repairs
Rodents Damage Cars By Chewing Electrical Connections: Tips On How To Avoid Costly Repairs
Read Morecars
Dealerships Falsely Claim That Owners Must Service Their Cars With Them To Prevent Voiding Warranty
Dealerships Falsely Claim That Owners Must Service Their Cars With Them To Prevent Voiding Warranty
Auto Insurers Fail To Reward Low Mileage Drivers
Consumers Support Use of Mileage in Auto Insurance Pricing, According to National Survey CFA Urges State Insurance Departments to Investigate and Remedy This Insurer Failure That Especially Harms Lower Income and Older Drivers Washington, DC…
GM To Recall Another 7.6 Million Vehicles
General Motors announced today it will another 7.6 million vehicles for for autos from 1997 to 2014 model years, most for ignition switch issues. “The latest recall in an almost daily drumbeat of GM announcements…
Nissan Recalling One Million Cars, SUVs And Minivans Due To Air Bag Issues
Nissan is recalling about one million SUVs and minivans because the front passenger air bags may not inflate in a crash. Affected by the recall are 2013 and 2014 Altimas, Leafs, Pathfinders and Sentras. Also…
Toyota Fined $1.2 Billion For Concealing Accelaration Issues
Toyota has agreed to pay a $1.2-billion fine after being accused of failing to take action after it learned that hundreds of thousands of its vehicles could suddenly accelerate. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said…
Toyota Recalling 700,000 Prius Hybrids As Well As RAV4s, Tacomas and Lexus RX350s
Toyota said today it is recalling about about 700,000 Prius hybrids from 2010 to 2014 because current software settings could cause higher thermal stress in certain transistors, leading to damage, according to Consumer Reports. “If…
GM Recalling An Additional 1.5 Million Vehicles, Admits It Failed To Promply Recall Other Cars
General Motors announced new recalls of 1.5 million vehicles on Monday and its chief executive admitted that the company made a mistake in delaying recalls for faulty ignition switches linked to 12 deaths. “Something went…
Honda Recalling 900,000 Odyssey Minivans Due To Fire Hazard
Honda is recalling about 900,000 of its Odyssey minivans because they could catch on fire. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that 2005-2010 Odysseys built in Alabama have a fuel-pump part that could…
GM Facing Allegations That 300 Deaths Were Caused By Failed Air Bags
GM – already facing criticism for delaying recalls due to defective ignition switches – is now facing accusations that 303 people died after the airbags in their cars failed to deploy following accidents. “The review…
Prosectutors Investigating GM’s Handling Of Serious Safety Problems Involving 1.5 Million Cars
Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether GM violated criminal laws by waiting 10 years to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles for serious safety issues. The New York Times says the investigation…
Feds Order Ally To Pay $80 Million To Consumers Harmed By Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered Ally Financial Inc. and Ally Bank (Ally) to pay $80 million in damages to harmed African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander…
Car Buying Scammers Ordered To Reimburse Victims $5 Million
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has ordered a Canadian telemarketer and four companies he owns to pay more than $5.1 million to American and Canadian consumers who were duped into paying…
Chrysler Recalling 630,300 Jeeps Due To Defects
Chrysler is recalling 630,300 newer-model Jeep SUVs for defects. “Some 409,200 Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot SUVs from model years 2010 to 2012 will be recalled because a software glitch may delay deployment of side…
Chrysler Refusing Federal Demands To Recall 2.7 Million SUVs
Chrysler Group, in a rare challenge, is refusing a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration request to recall 2.7 million Grand Cherokees and Jeep Libertys. NHTSA claims that the gas tank design used in 1993 to…
Connecticut’s Lemon Law Arbitration Has Served 3,000 Consumers
After sorting through financing and features, one of the most satisfying aspects of buying a new car is having safe, reliable, trouble-free transportation, right? Unfortunately for some car-owners, their new vehicles don’t measure up to…
What Car Salesmen Don’t Want You To Know
It wasn’t that long ago that new car salesmen had the upper hand when it came to dealing with customers. But now armed with the Internet and a smart phone, consumers have the potential of…
Feds Crack Down On Auto Loan Modification Scam
Settlement with FTC Bans Sellers of Alleged Fraudulent Auto Loan Modifications from Marketing Debt Relief Services “Auto Debt Consulting” Operation Permanently Halted In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two California-based companies and their…
Toyota To Pay More Than $1 Billion To Settle Lawsuits Involving Acceleration Problems
In what may be the largest settlement involving auto defects, Toyota Motor Corp. Wednesday agreed to pay as much a $1.4 billion to resolve hundreds of lawsuits stemming from acceleration problems. “This agreement marks a…
Beware of Super Storm Sandy Flood-Damaged Vehicles For Sale
Hurricane Sandy damaged or destroyed about 230,000 vehicles, mostly in New York and New Jersey, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and it’s possible that at least some of these vehicles will end up…