Fiat Chrysler Moves Up Gearshift Repairs After Death of Anton Yelchin
DETROIT — In an era of unprecedented scrutiny of automotive safety, Fiat Chrysler is learning that one celebrity’s death can turn a seemingly routine recall into a corporate crisis.
The death on Sunday of the actor Anton Yelchin, crushed when his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward down his driveway, has lent a new sense of...
Could New Technology Help Prevent Hot Car Deaths?
A Texas father has been arrested after leaving his 6-month-old daughter in an overheated car where she may have succumbed to heatstroke. But the young child's death was far from a rare occurrence.
So far this year, at least 16 children have reportedly died from heatstroke after being left in hot cars...
Fiat Chrysler to stop using defective Takata air bags next week
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said today it will no longer be using any Takata air bag inflators that use ammonium nitrate without a protective powder as the propellant in any of its vehicles in North America by the end of next week.
Ruptures of those Takata inflators have been tied to ten deaths and more than 100 injuries...
Anton Yelchin’s Death Highlights a Known Issue With Jeeps
The death of the actor Anton Yelchin, killed when his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward down a driveway and crushed him against a mailbox pillar last weekend, has cast a public spotlight on a problem with some models of Jeeps and other Fiat Chrysler vehicles.
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Jeep That Crushed Anton Yelchin Had Been Recalled
The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee that rolled backward down a driveway and killed the actor Anton Yelchin early Sunday was a model that Fiat Chrysler has recalled for a gearshift issue that has confused drivers, leading them to accidentally leave the car in neutral when they...
Bill to help medical malpractice victims fails again in N.Y. legislature
ALBANY - A bill to help victims of medical malpractice died for a second straight year in the state Legislature.
The Senate and Assembly ended their legislative sessions in the wee hours of Saturday morning without taking up Lavern's Law, which would start the window to bring medical malpractice cases when an error...
Supreme Court rules Mass. family can continue suit over daughter’s death
The US Supreme Court Thursday handed a partial victory to a Massachusetts family who sued the country’s largest owner of psychiatric hospitals over the death of their daughter. But the justices sent the case back to a lower court for further review.
Both sides seemed to find something to like in the complex decision written...
VW Said Ready With $10 Billion Diesel Plan, to Devise Fix Later
About $6.5 billion will go to car owners and $3.5 billion to the U.S. government and California regulators, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the deal isn’t public yet. Because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board haven’t approved VW’s proposed fixes, the deal as of...
Why back-up cameras haven’t stopped drivers from backing into stuff
With or without eyes in the back of their heads, drivers keep hitting things.
Despite the growing prevalence of back-up cameras, federal data shows that this technology hasn't significantly cut down on cars backing into people and causing them harm. That research on so-called "back-over incidents" comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration moves to make back-up cameras...
Nissan’s Infiniti recalls 60,000 Q50 sedans over steering issue
Nissan's (7201.T) Infiniti luxury brand will recall roughly 60,000 vehicles globally, a spokesman for the brand said on Thursday, as the steering system key to the Q50 sedan's autonomous driving capabilities could malfunction.
The recall will affect cars in all markets where the Q50 is sold, including China and North America, spokesman Stefan Weinmann said...
