By Steve Goldstein
General Motors disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that its GM Financial unit was served with additional investigative subpoenas from several state Attorney Generals.
Category Archives: Motoring News
after 5th Honda Fit recall, company appoints first quality czar
Honda, after announcing a fifth recall of the redesigned Fit in just 12 months, has taken the unprecedented step of appointing a quality czar to clamp down on problems. The company’s top executives will also receive 20% pay cuts for three months to take responsibility for the recall-plagued car. The Fit was recalled Oct. 23 for a fifth time since its 2013 debut.
Audi will recall 850,000 A4 cars globally over airbag problems
Audi will recall 850,000 A4 models worldwide due to airbag problems, with about half of the vehicles affected in the luxury carmaker’s two biggest markets of China and Germany.
US EPA: Fuel mileage inflated on 4 Mini Cooper models
By TOM KRISHER
The U.S. government has told BMW to reduce the gas mileage estimates on the window stickers on four of its Mini Cooper models after an audit found the figures were overstated.
Airbag Recall and Seat Belt Safety: Are You Driving in Danger?
by Hal M. Bundrick
Highway deaths over the past five years are at historic lows, rivaling the safety statistics of the 1950s, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). With an auto industry focus on safety, stricter enforcement of driving-under-the-influence laws and broader consumer awareness, traffic fatality trends are generally favorable. But news in the past few days has raised some new concerns.
