Category Archives: Recall

Drivers again faulted over Toyota acceleration

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com A two-year study looking for possible causes behind Toyota’s rash of unintended acceleration issues has put primary blame on driver error — but the review by the National Academy of Sciences also cautioned that some problems may have been caused by inadvertent interactions involving vehicle electronics — an issue frequently cited [...]

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GM recalls Volts to fix fire risk

By doris | Published: January 6, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — General Motors is recalling the Chevrolet Volt to make changes that it says will help prevent fires from coolant leaks which may follow a severe side impact. Coolant leaks days after National Highway Traffic Safety Administration side crash tests caused several fires. The fires were sparked when [...]

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GM recalls about 20,000 Cadillac SRX globally

By doris | Published: December 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com General Motors Co said it is recalling almost 20,000 Cadillac SRX crossover vehicles, mostly in China and the United States, due to potential transmission defects. GM’s Chinese joint venture, Shanghai GM, is recalling 9,862 of the compact luxury SUVs in that country, while GM is recalling 8,789 in the United States. [...]

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Up to 876,000 cars at risk from deadly exploding airbags

By doris | Published: December 4, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Hundreds of thousands of Honda vehicles sold the United States are being recalled or will be inspected by the company because their airbags could potentially explode causing injury or death, the company said. In a notice posted in a PDF file on its website, the American Honda Co. said it was [...]

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Toyota recalls 550,000 cars for steering issue

By doris | Published: November 9, 2011

Full Story at newsYahoo.com TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide — mostly in the United States — for problems that could make it harder to steer. The recall affects 447,000 vehicles in North America, as well as 38,000 in Japan and another 25,000 in Australia and [...]

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VW recalling 160,000 vehicles for fuel line issues

By doris | Published: October 6, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Volkswagen is recalling 168,275 Audis, Golfs and Jettas for problems with the fuel line that could lead to leakage and perhaps ignite a fire, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Thursday. In documents filed with NHTSA, Volkswagen said the fuel line in the recalled vehicles could develop cracks and [...]

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Honda recalls 1 million cars globally

By doris | Published: September 5, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Honda said Monday that it will recall 1 million cars globally to fix an electrical problem and a software glitch. The company is recalling 936,000 cars worldwide from its Fit and CR-V lines to replace the master switch for the cars’ power windows. A design flaw can [...]

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Drug shortages at all-time high

By doris | Published: June 12, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The number of drug shortages is at a record high, and the Food and Drug Administration is warning that they are getting even worse. Fueling the problem are shortages of raw materials. Also, drugmakers are discontinuing older, and off-patent drugs in favor of newer and more profitable [...]

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New recalled Tylenol linked to shut plant

By doris | Published: October 20, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The adult Tylenol that was recalled this week was made at the same shuttered Fort Washington plant that produced all of Johnson & Johnson’s problematic children’s Tylenol medicines, CNNMoney confirmed Tuesday. On Monday, Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ, Fortune 500) McNeil drugmaking unit announced a new recall of [...]

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BMW recalls 200,000 luxury vehicles in U.S.

By doris | Published: October 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BERLIN — BMW’s recall of nearly 200,000 luxury vehicles in the U.S. to fix leaks that could develop in the power braking system may extend to another 150,000 cars of the same series around the globe, a spokesman said Friday. Globally, some 345,000 BMWs of the 5 Series, 6 Series and [...]

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Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

By doris | Published: September 3, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site. The USDA employees worked next to areas where roughly 7.7 million caged hens [...]

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GM recalls 240,000 SUVs for seat belt problem

By doris | Published: August 18, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Motors is recalling a total of 243,403 of its popular large crossover SUVs for a problem that could damage the rear seatbelt buckles. Most of the recalled vehicles are in the United States. In some of the vehicles, the seatbelt buckle can be damaged when the [...]

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Honda recalls vehicles over ignition switch

By doris | Published: August 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission being shifted into park, its third recall over the problem since 2003. Honda said the most recent recall involved [...]

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Johnson & Johnson gets subpoena on recalls

By doris | Published: July 21, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that it has received a grand jury subpoena and is cooperating with a federal investigation stemming from multiple recalls of its popular non-prescription drugs. The company, which also reported its quarterly results, said it was addressing a variety of legal actions, [...]

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