Tag Archive: Recall

Road Trip: The Undoing of Volkswagen

  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 ...

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The Good and Bad of Technology

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 ...

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Takata Airbag Update

  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 ...

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Crib Recall

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 ...

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Product Recall: Airbags

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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