Feds order Fiat Chrysler to defend pace of 20 recalls - USA TODAY
Feds order Fiat Chrysler to defend pace of 20 recalls DETROIT (AP) — The U. S. government's highway safety agency says it will hold a public hearing in July to determine if Fiat Chrysler met requirements to notify customers and fix safety problems... ly/1HcNfVe Federal regulators on Monday announced a public hearing July 2 to investigate whether Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has failed to properly carry out 20 recalls involving about 10 million vehicles. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Mark Rosekind said FCA has low recall completion rates, inadequate fixes and a lack of timely notification for owners. FCA said in a statement that its completion rate for recalls "exceeds the industry average, and all FCA US campaigns are conducted in consultation with NHTSA. " It says its completion rate on active recalls is 77% vs. an industry average of 70%. Rosekind said the hearing will be broad and that the agency can recommend that Fiat Chrysler buy back or replace vehicles, which has happened in at least one... In November, CEO Sergio Marchionne disputed NHTSA's contention that FCA had a "woeful" recall repair rate on a recall of 1. 56 million Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokee SUVs with gas tanks mounted in a way that they can catch fire when struck from... At the time, Fiat Chrysler said it had a 13. 2% repair rate on Liberty and 3. 5% on Grand Cherokee. Now, the recall is up to only 21% recall repair rate, Rosekind said, although in a media call he couldn't offer comparisons to an industry average. Source: www.usatoday.com
