July 9, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a recall query into 94,275 Stellantis-owned Jeep SUVs over a loss of motive power, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday. The investigation targets Jeep’s Wrangler 4xe hybrid SUVs manufactured between …
October 27, 2021
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to criminal conduct to resolve a multiyear emissions fraud probe surrounding Ram pickup trucks and Jeep sport-utility vehicles with diesel engines, people familiar with the matter said. FCA lawyers …
December 20, 2019
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is making an all-out push to clear away tens of thousands of vehicles that its dealers haven’t ordered, adding to tensions over a new data-driven production strategy that can lead to swelling inventory. The Italian-American automaker …
May 12, 2014
Authorities suspect they’ve found the cause of a wildfire that burned nearly 150 buildings last summer in San Diego County. U-T San Diego says a state Cal Fire report concludes that the Chariot fire most likely started when a federal …
February 1, 2012
Police say Ryan Fleckenstein didn’t like the message displayed on the sign outside a Buffalo-area pizzeria, so he drove his vehicle into the sign. WGRZ-TV in Buffalo reports that police in North Tonawanda say Fleckenstein is the son of the …
October 20, 2011
A thief literally lifted a Jeep Wrangler from a northern Indiana car lot by using a crane to make the heist. A surveillance camera at LaPorte Chrysler captured someone driving a truck with a crane onto the lot, then circling …
August 3, 2011
A family of tourists is safe after escaping from a burning rental jeep on a dirt road on Kauai. The Kauai Fire Department says the family of four had crossed the Wailua Stream off Loop Road Sunday and had gone …