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Dec 3, 2014

TRUCK & AUTOMAKERS NEWS * USA

* Michigan - Auto sales jolly heading into December


(Photo: Gregory Bull / AP: Chrysler worker Mickey Rosete steps out of a Jeep for sale on a car lot Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, in San Diego. Black Friday promotions — coupled with falling gas prices, low-interest loans and hot new vehicles — drove U.S. auto sales higher in November, kicking off what's expected to be a strong holiday season. Chrysler posted its best November in 13 years) 
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Michael Wayland -December 2, 2014: -- While mall traffic wasn't what some retailers had hoped in late November, auto dealers reported brisk businesses, as consumers drove onto their lots for new cars and trucks... Auto sales for the Thanksgiving weekend are estimated to have accounted for 20 percent of the more than 1.3 million cars and trucks sold in November, according to industry analysts. Overall, sales last month were up 4.6 percent compared to November 2013, while the National Retail Federation reports sales during the four-day holiday weekend declined 11 percent to $50.9 billion... Advertising and strong sales are expected to continue through December, putting the auto industry on track to sell about 16.5 million cars and trucks in 2014 — its best year since it hit the 16.1 million mark in 2007...


* Illinois - Chrysler to replace airbag inflators in over 140,000 trucks

(Photo frm Sputnik, by Ruslan Krivobok: Chrysler Group will replace front passenger-side airbag inflators in some 149,150 pickup trucks due to two failures in vehicles, produced by other auto makers) 
Chicago,ILL,USA -Sputnik News (Russia), by Elizabeth Wojt -4 Dec 2014: -- Chrysler Group will replace front passenger-side airbag inflators in some 149,150 pickup trucks to address concerns about airbag deployment, the automobile company has announced in a statement... According to Chrysler, the failures might be linked to high humidity and temperatures in the regions, where the vehicles are registered... Chrysler has inspected nine other vehicle lines, apart from the older-model pickup trucks... The inflators will be replaced in model-year 2003 Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups either sold or registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the USA territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands... Chrysler customers are to be notified of the company's free replacement service beginning January 19, 2015...

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