Ford Motor Company said Thursday that it’s recalling nearly 800,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles to address under hood fires related to the cruise control switch.
The company said it would notify owners of nearly 792,000 F-150s, Expeditions and Navigators from the 2000 model year and 2001 F-Series Supercrews made during the same time period.
Initially, […]

General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, paid a civil penalty of $1 million to settle charges that it failed to provide timely notification of the existence of a safety-related defect, according to documents made public Wednesday.
The problem involved windshield wiper failure in 581,344 Trailblazers, Bravadas, Envoys and Isuzu Ascenders manufactured in 2002 and 2003.
The National […]

General Motors Corp. is recalling 4 million 2000-2004 model-year full-size pickup trucks to replace tailgate support cables that may corrode and fracture.
The recall involves certain 2000-2004 Chevrolet Silverado’s and GMC Sierra’s built between October 1999 and October 2003. Also, some 2002-04 Chevrolet Avalanche and Cadillac Escalade EXT trucks built between March 2001 and October 2003 […]

Union County Judge Alfred Beglin has ruled against the certification of a national class action lawsuit against Kia Motors America.
“In certain class action cases, you can pretty much find uniformity from state to state. You can’t here,” Beglin said in his oral opinion.
The ruling limits the case to a proposed class of New Jersey […]

U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner certified a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 10,000 Pennsylvania owners of the Sephia model of Kia cars manufactured from 1997 to 2001. The suit alleges that Sephias suffer from widespread problems in the braking systems that cause premature wear, vibration and increased stopping distance. Joyner’s […]