Ram recall: Fiat Chrysler must try to buy back 500000 pickup trucks with ... - San Jose Mercury News
A Fiat Chrysler Jeep Grand Cherokee on a sales lot as the company announced it is recalling about 1. 4 million Dodges, Jeeps, Rams and Chryslers vehicles equipped with certain radios on July 24, 2015. The recall was announced after hackers were... (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back from customers more than 500,000 Ram pickup trucks in the biggest such action in U. S. history as part of a costly deal with safety regulators to settle legal problems in... Also, owners of more than a million older Jeeps with vulnerable rear-mounted gas tanks will be able to trade in their vehicles for more than market value or be paid to get them repaired, the agency said in a statement. The Jeeps' fuel tanks are behind the rear axle and have little to shield them in a rear crash. At least 75 people have died in crash-related fires, although Fiat Chrysler maintains they are as safe as comparable vehicles from the same era. Both the Jeep and Ram measures are part of a larger settlement between the government and the automaker that includes a record $105 million penalty, appointment of an independent recall monitor and strict federal oversight. Source: www.mercurynews.com
