Rental companies now have to repair recalled cars
CNN
6/1/16
A federal law took effect Wednesday that requires rental car companies to fix any recalled car before it’s rented out. Until now, remarkably, it was perfectly legal to rent out a recalled car that had not yet been repaired. […]
Cars with potentially deadly Takata air bags are still being made and sold
LA Times
6/1/16
[…] The carmakers – Toyota, Vokswagen, Fiat Chrysler and Mitsubishi – are selling some vehicles from the 2016 and 2017 model years that include inflators that have already been linked to at least 11 deaths around the world, according to the report released Wednesday.
“Consumers are buying new cars and not realizing they’re going to be recalled,” the report’s author, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida), said in a statement. […]
GM says its Takata air bag inflators are safe; government disagrees
LA Times
6/2/16
[…] GM said it would begin the recall process in cooperation with the NHTSA even though it doesn’t believe inflators in its trucks are unsafe. […] Recalls related to Takata in this round now total 16.4 million vehicles. […]
Regulators say 85 million U.S. Takata air bags may still face recall
Reuters
4/13/16
U.S. auto safety regulators said on Wednesday there were about 85 million unrecalled Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators in U.S. vehicles that would eventually need to be recalled unless the company can prove they are safe.
This is the first public accounting by the U.S. government of the total number of unrecalled Takata air bag inflators.
Takata Airbag Death in Texas Spurs Renewed Push on Car Recalls
Fortune
4/8/16
The brother of a Texas teenager killed by shrapnel from an exploding Takata air bag said on Thursday that his family never received a recall notice about the defective vehicle safety device.
The brother’s comments came as federal safety regulators called current methods of alerting consumers about vehicle safety recalls inadequate.
GM settles ignition-switch case before third trial
Reuters
4/7/16
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M has admitted that some of its employees knew about the problems for years, and it has already paid roughly $2 billion in settlement and penalties. It continues to face 235 injury and death lawsuits consolidated before a federal judge in Manhattan.
Court Sets Deadline for a Volkswagen Diesel Fix, but Solution Could Prove Elusive
New York Times
3/24/2016
Volkswagen missed a court deadline on Thursday to present a plan to bring the cars into line with clean air rules, but Judge Charles Breyer at United States District Court in San Francisco gave the company an extension until April 21.
If no agreement is reached with the federal government, customers and dealers, a trial would be held this summer to determine what measures Volkswagen should be compelled to make and how much owners would be compensated.
Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche Ordered To Recall Emissions Software by California Regulators
Edmunds
11/25/15
SACRAMENTO, California — Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche have been ordered to recall and repair illegal emissions software in all 3.0-liter V6 TDI diesel vehicles from model years 2009-’15 sold in California, the California Air Resources Board said last week. […]
California just demanded Volkswagen recall another 16,000 VW, Audi, and Porsche vehicles
AP News
Business Insider
11/25/15
[…] The notice from the California Air Resources Board came less than a week after state and federal regulators disclosed that Volkswagen Group automakers installed software to cheat emissions tests on more diesels than initially thought. […]
Volkswagen Submits Recall Plan to California Air Regulators
Bloomberg Business
11/20/15
[…] The German automaker has been negotiating with the authorities on details of a plan to deal with 482,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. that used deceptive software to duck emissions requirements. California had given VW a Nov. 20 deadline to submit a plan; the agency now has 20 business days to respond. […]
