August 3: Why Recalled Cars Stay on the Road (The Wall Street Journal)
August 3, 2014
In 2010, U.S. regulators began investigating fires in Jeep sport-utility vehicles. The probe eventually tied 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.
Almost none of them have been fixed...