Fiat Chrysler waits to learn its fate after hearing before safety regulators - ConsumerAffairs
After a hearing Thursday, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said he would take action against the automaker soon, possibly sometime this month. FCA is accused of botching 23 safety recalls and being slow to recognize and report safety defects to NHTSA, as federal law requires. NHTSA has already "tentatively concluded" that the company has failed to complete as many as 11 million recalls in a timely manner, sometimes because it took too long to find a remedy and other times because it took too long to make enough... As we reported recently , car owners complain constantly that dealers are slow to carry out recall remedies, frequently blaming shortage of parts. But NHTSA has zeroed in on FCA, saying that it performed poorly in 23 recalls involving 11 million vehicles and NHTSA is expected to hit the Italian-American automaker with stiff penalties. “Fiat Chrysler takes a long time to produce the parts needed to get vehicles fixed," said Scott Yon,. Fiat Chrysler’s recall remedies sometimes fail to remedy the defects they are supposed to fix. $35 million each NHTSA could fine the company up to $35 million for shortcomings. Source: www.consumeraffairs.com
