News tagged with 'Chrysler'

A brake lining and wiring defect has more than 600,000 Chrysler vehicles recalled. This follows another Chrysler recall just one week ago over a sticky accelerator pedal.

Chrysler starts the year with less than stellar news about a brake problem, after a lackluster 2009.

Jeep Grand Cherokees made before 2005 should be recalled because of a fatal fire danger, says the Center for Auto Safety in a petition to the federal government. The Center points to 254 deaths resulting from the flaw.

The New Chrysler has agreed to accept product liability claims for consumers injured by defective automobiles, but only after it emerged from bankruptcy June 10. GM and Chrysler together had about 2,000 product liability claims pending before bankruptcy that can now only proceed against bankrupt companies.

Consumer groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to require that a skull and crossbones sticker be put on used Chrysler automobiles to warn prospective customers that the manufacturer will not assume liability for any injuries or death from any defects among 30 million Chrysler vehicles still on the road.

A group of people who were injured or lost loved ones due to unsafe and defective Chrysler vehicles rallied together and held a protest outside the company's Auburn Hills headquarters yesterday.

General Motors passed another hurdle as it heads toward a sale free and clear of product liability claims by some 300 individuals. The judge says the sale is in the best interest of creditors and GM and is a better alternative to liquidation. 

General Motors Corp. has agreed to take on future liability claims from defective autos and parts as a means to a quick sale and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But the automaker will still leave behind claims by victims of past accidents, including the death of Lexi James, 10, in a 15-passenger Chrysler van.

Comcast, the largest cable-television corporation, has pulled ads critical of General Motors bankruptcy plan that leaves injured consumers or their survivors uncompensated.  The media giant says it wants to check them for accuracy, even though the New Chrysler required it be "free and clear of all liens and claims” as a condition of bankruptcy. 

New television ads will begin running in the Washington D.C. market urging Congress and President Obama to take action to protect people injured by defective automobiles who have no recourse through the courts under the Chrysler/GM  bankruptcy.

Now that consumers have been told about the New Chrysler's plan for removing all product liability under its bankruptcy proceeding - what remedies do they have? 

Victims of defective GM and Chrysler vehicles will have no remedy through the courts under the new company, owned by Fiat.  The deal was orchestrated to help the company emerge from bankruptcy through the U.S. Treasury Department and involves 40 million vehicles currently on the road and thousands of pending claims.