{"id":6878,"date":"2015-07-27T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2015-10-21T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:34:14","slug":"nhtsa-fines-fiat-chrysler-for-recall-deficiencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6878","title":{"rendered":"NHTSA Fines Fiat Chrysler For Recall Deficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_jose_costello_150727' height='500' width='635' scrolling='no' border='no' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fiat Chrysler will pay up to $105 million in penalties and fines, and will buy back almost half a million recalled vehicles after an NHTSA investigation found the automobile manufacturer violated auto safety regulations.  The fines include a $70 million cash payment, an agreement that Fiat Chrysler will spend $20 million improving its recall process and an additional $15 million payable if the automaker is found to have committed any further violations. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to terms of the settlement, Fiat Chrysler will also offer to buy back or repair over half a million 2008-2012 Dodge and Ram pick-up trucks with defective suspension and will have to offer trade-ins or pay for repairs for over a million older Jeep models with rear-mounted gas tanks.  The buybacks and fines are part of a settlement between the automaker and the US government over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6759\">allegations of misconduct in 23 recalls, affecting over 11 million vehicles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The penalty, the largest ever issued by the NHTSA, reflects a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6726\">tougher approach to automotive regulations<\/a> after the safety agency was criticized for their handling of high-profile recalls last year by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6419\">General Motors<\/a> and airbag supplier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6787\">Takata.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiat Chrysler will pay up to $105 million in penalties and fines, and will buy back almost half a million recalled vehicles after an NHTSA investigation found the automobile manufacturer violated auto safety regulations. The fines include a $70 million cash payment, an agreement that Fiat Chrysler will spend $20 million improving its recall process&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6878\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1503,77],"tags":[1509,1496],"class_list":["post-6878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chrysler","category-fiat","category-nhtsa","tag-fiat-chrysler","tag-recall-delays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6930,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions\/6930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}