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Jul 2, 2015

TRUCKS RECALL USA: * Ford's 250,000 large pickup & 433,000 cars * Fiat-Chrysler penalization * Fontaine Fifth Wheel's 6000 trucks

* DC - Ford recalls 433,000 cars, SUVS for software glitch

 -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it is recalling 433,000 new cars and SUVs for a software glitch that could allow the vehicles to continue to run after turning the vehicle off... The Dearborn automaker said the recall covers the 2015 Focus, C-MAX and Escape for a body control module issue. Ford says it is possible for the engine to continue to run after turning the ignition key to the “off” position and removing the key, or after pressing the Engine Start/Stop button... That could allow the vehicle to be stolen or roll away... 
Washington, DC, USA - The Detroit News, by David Shepardson - July 2, 2015 


* DC - NHTSA investigating 250,000 Ford Trucks for power brake failure
-- As we mentioned earlier today, brakes are one of the most essential components of a vehicle. When they don’t work as intended, it puts the safety of everyone on the road at risk. For that reason, federal regulators have opened a probe into 250,000 large Ford trucks... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into model year 2011 and 2012 F-150 pickup trucks after receiving 32 consumer complaints regarding brake failures... A majority of the complaints allege that the electric vacuum assist pumps can fail, causing a loss of power brakes and increasing braking effort by drivers. Owners of the vehicles say they were given no warning before the failure occurred... The complaints include two incidents of crashes, but no injuries, the WSJ reports. NHTSA says that consumer complaints have increased in recent months, with about 60% of those currently on file being reported in the last nine months... A spokesperson for Ford tells the WSJ that it is cooperating with investigators. If customers experience issues, they are urged to contact their Ford dealer... NHTSA’s probe into the issue will look to determine the cause of the problem and decide if a recall is necessary... 
(Photo: Ford F-150 pickup truck)  -- Washington, DC, USA - Consumerist, by Ashlee Kieler - June 26, 2015


* DC - US plans to penalize Fiat Chrysler over delayed recalls

 -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday it plans to penalize Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, after it found sweeping problems with its recalls. It accused the automaker of misleading the auto safety agency... Penalties could include hefty fines, an agreement requiring significant auto safety reforms — or even ordering Fiat Chrysler to buy back unrepaired vehicles. The automaker could face fines of $35 million in each of the 23 recalls being investigated if NHTSA determines it failed to meet legal requirements... At an unprecedented hearing at the Transportation Department’s headquarters, three agency officials detailed widespread problems in Fiat Chrysler’s handling of 23 recalls covering more than 11 million vehicles since 2013. The agency said Fiat Chrysler repeatedly violated laws governing auto safety defects and often kept NHTSA “in the dark.” It said those problems hindered NHTSA from properly doing its job and potentially put car owners at risk... 
Washington, DC, USA - The Detroit News, by David Shepardson - July 2, 2015


* Ohio - Up to 6K faulty truck hitches may be on the road

-- On a twisty, snow-lined hill that the locals call "Devil's Backbone," a 12-ton semi-trailer came loose from its tractor and plowed into an oncoming line of pre-dawn commuters... At 40 miles per hour, the trailer struck the side of one pickup truck and careened head-on into another, killing the drivers of both vehicles... At first the Jan. 24, 2014, crash on U.S. 50 in Cincinnati's eastern suburbs drew only the attention of Ohio authorities, who faulted the semi driver for not properly inspecting the hitch that holds the trailer to the tractor. But 17 months later, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised the possibility that the hitch was defective... On June 9, the agency began investigating a potentially high rate of trailer separations for the hitch involved in the crash - the "Ultra LT" made by Fontaine Fifth Wheel of Trussville, Alabama. Fontaine says it is cooperating with the probe... The Ultra LT could be in use on as many as 6,000 semis across the nation... Given the nearly 1.5-year gap between the crash and the investigation, the safety agency could face renewed criticism for failing to analyze its own data to uncover a safety problem - the same failure that delayed recalls of defective General Motors ignition switches and faulty Takata air bags...  
(Photo from AP - Truck driver Vasile Gargaun stops to fill up his tractor trailer rig at a gas in Emerson, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014)  --   Batavia, OH, USA - AP/CBS News - July 1, 2015

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