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The last two years have seen a massive spike in the amount of recalled automobiles, and there doesnt appear to be any sign of that slowing down. Recently, manufacturers began recalling millions of vehicles for a faulty airbag design.
Ring of Fires Farron Cousins and attorney David Haynes discuss that recall, as well as the growing problem of auto safety.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)They should stop moving to less user friendly systems just for the sake of change (and profit).
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)also includes all the expensive plug ins. Just the Eventide Clockworks plug in will cost another $400.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Many of us can't afford this. Really.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)GM got a pass on all their defective brake lines. The brake lines were made from the wrong or bad material and all rusted.
The excuse given by our government for the pass GM got was that people should have been washing the underside of their cars more often. BULL
There are old cars out there 50 plus years old and the brake lines are just fine! We got ripped off and our government allowed it.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)is fixed. This is neoliberal economics hyper deregulation purely in the pursuit of profits, with no regard for risk.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Honda fixed ours six months ago, plus they repaired a recall seat belt locking mechanism.
Toyota has yet to even issue a recall.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)when determining what the repair/replace or milk it longer on an old Ammoco refinery in Texas City, it happens all of the time now. Tort reform instituted caps on damages that allow them to do this. Before they could get hit with punitive damages to create a huge disincentive to bean counting because you could be way off. Like BP was when the budget they chose estimated they would "...only kill 1 or 2 workers." They killed 15 and injured thousands instead. We're it not for us finding documents proving they had committed a felony the damage caps would have covered them nicely, but due to the crime of submitting a fraudulent permit to the Texas Commision on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) the cap was removed!