August 4: Wall Street Journal Examines How Regulators, Auto Makers Contribute to Dangerous Recall Delays (Program Business)
August 4, 2014
U.S. regulators began investigating fires in Jeep sport-utility vehicles in 2010, with the probe eventually tie-ing in at least 51 deaths to fuel tanks that ignited in rear-end crashes. Chrysler Group LLC said the SUVs were safe but agreed a year ago to recall and repair 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys. But almost none of them have been fixed.
The Jeep case illustrates how federal investigations into vehicles with suspected safety problems routinely...