Volkswagen is trying to get to the bottom of its emissions-cheating scandal. To achieve this goal, it recently announced an amnesty program for employee informants. Amnesty will expire at the end of November. The company has yet to explain publicly who was responsible for installing ...
Volkswagen’s scandal was discovered in the most American of ways: the good old fashioned college road trip. In the spring of 2014, researchers from West Virginia, two professors and two students, were evaluating the tailpipe emissions of diesel cars made for the American market by European manufacturers, something never before studied in the academic realm. What ...
Just when you think that you had seen it all in the automobile business, Volkswagen makes you wonder if there will ever be a level below which manufacturers will not go in order to sell cars. The world's top-selling car maker recently made headline news when it ...
Fiat Chrysler, commonly referred to us in America as Chrysler, has announced the recall of over one million vehicles due to cybersecurity concerns. It was discovered that the Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler models that have a touch screens were hacked. Specifically hackers were reportedly able to ...
On March 31, 2014, I wrote to you about how Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp. had increased its recall of airbags from 4000 to over 12 million. At 1:30 this afternoon, the Detroit News broke the story that Takata is now declaring that an estimated ...
On May 1, 2015, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered a recall of SULTAN and VYSSA crib mattress currently being sold at IKEA. The reason for the recall is that the mattresses can create a gap between the mattress and crib ends larger ...
Product Recall: Airbags Despite record fines to GM, Hyundai and Toyota, more defective automobile parts surface, usually after causing horrific injuries. The most recent recall affects, which started with 4000 cars and is now over 14 million, involve automobiles with Takata air bags. The problem with the ...
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