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Shoppers purchase used recalled cars that aren't repaired
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.The editors of Edmunds.com’s online auto forum recently noticed a wave of complaints about engine fires in older-model GM vehicles, primarily in vehicles equipped with a 3.8-liter V6 engine produced by the automaker. But what caught their...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, Car Engine Repair, Passenger Cars
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Toyota predicts double the profit in 2013; Q4 income quadruples
After dealing with floods, earthquakes and a super-strong yen, Toyota Motor Corp. is following a fourth quarter in which income quadrupled with a similarly optimistic forecast for 2013. The Japanese car company, which last year relinquished the title...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Akio Toyoda, Kia
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Recalled cars often go unrepaired
The editors of Edmunds.com's online auto forum recently noticed a wave of complaints about engine fires in older-model General Motors vehicles, primarily in vehicles equipped with a 3.8-liter V6 engine produced by the automaker.
What caught their...Tags: Automotive Equipment, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Car Engine Repair, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Boxer wants rental car companies to park vehicles facing recall
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Boxer wants major rental car companies to pledge not to rent out vehicles facing safety recalls until they are repaired. Spurred by the 2004 death of two Santa Cruz women in a rental car, Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. Charles...
Tags: Charles Schumer, Companies and Corporations, Barbara Boxer, Consumers, Rental Service
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Google removes Toyota ad from YouTube video of Camry crash
Google said it has removed a Toyota advertisement sponsoring a horrific YouTube video of an elderly Florida women losing control of her Camry and blowing through shoppers at a Publix supermarket, injuring 10 people. Through a quirk of Internet...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Social Media, YouTube, Toyota Recalls, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ford Taurus investigated by safety regulators for possible sticky throttles
As many as 360,000 sedans could be included in an investigation into possible faulty accelerators in Ford Tauruses conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Vehicles from model years 2005 and 2006 sparked 14 complaints –...Tags: Politics, Chrysler Group LLC, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Safety of Citizens, Toyota Recalls
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Honda recalling cars to fix airbags that can kill drivers
Money & CompanyHonda announces wider recall for exploding airbags that can injure drivers.... -
Brazilian Blowout to carry warning labels
All The RageThe maker of the popular Brazilian Blowout hair-smoothing treatment has agreed to begin warning consumers and hairstylists that its products contain potentially hazardous formaldehyde, but some consumer advocates don't think that goes far enough.... -
New mobile app tells users about product safety recalls
Have you ever been out shopping, looked at a product and wondered if it’s the subject of a government safety recall?
Me neither.
But just in case it comes up, there is now a federally sponsored app for that.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Consumers, Apple iPhone
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Toyota, BP, Goldman Sachs made big gains in brand image in 2011
Reporting from Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Goldman Sachs were among the biggest gainers in brand image last year after a rough 2010 that saw each of them enmeshed in controversy, according to U.S. corporate brand rankings made by an online market...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, BP Plc, Apple iPad, Petroleum Industry
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Toyota recalls 420,000 cars in U.S. for possible steering problems
World NowToyota recall: Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. announces another safety recall of more than 420,000 cars in the U.S....
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