Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back of 500000 Ram pickup trucks - Daily Mail
Chrysler must offer to buy back 500,000 faulty Ram pick-up trucks and faces record $105m government fine Fiat Chrysler also faces a record civil fine of up to $105 million The Ram pickups have defective steering parts that can cause drivers to... Chrysler will be forced to pay a fine of up to $105 million and offer to buy back more than half-a-million Ram pick-ups, after a ruling by the federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The owners of more than a million older Jeeps with vulnerable rear-mounted gas tanks will also be allowed to trade their vehicles in or be paid by Chrysler to have them repaired. The Ram pickups, which are the company's top-selling vehicle, have defective steering parts that can cause drivers to lose control. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some of the previous repairs have been unsuccessful, so the automaker agreed to the buyback. The older Jeeps have fuel tanks located behind the rear axle, with little to shield them in a rear crash. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
