Issues
Letter to NCSA on Acura MDX Fire Fatalities
May 4, 2004
Dealers Seek Laws to Thwart Lawsuits
By Donna Harris
Automotive News June 07, 2004
Dealers Push for Arbitration
More dealerships demand that customers give up the right to sue
By Donna Harris
Automotive News / June 07, 2004
Automakers Gear Up for California Climate Fight
By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / June 14, 2004
Backer of Rollover Tests Disputes Results
By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / June 14, 2004
Former Mitsubishi President is Arrested
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP BUSINESS WRITER
TOKYO — Katsuhiko Kawasoe, the former president of scandal-plagued Mitsubishi Motors Corp., was arrested Thursday on charges related to a cover-up of auto defects suspected in a fatal accident.
Five other Mitsubishi officials, including a former president and vice president of the automaker’s truck unit, were also arrested, and police said all six were in custody.
Jury Raises Compensation in SUV Crash
By Ray Huard
STAFF WRITER
June 4, 2004
Ford Motor Co. should pay punitive damages of $246 million in addition to nearly $123 million in compensatory damages to a Del Cerro woman paralyzed two years ago in a Ford Explorer rollover crash, a jury said yesterday.
Toyota Sulfur Odor – 2002-2004 Camry, Solara, 2003-2004 4Runner, Corolla, Matrix
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2002-2004 Camry w/1MZ-FE Engine
2002-2004 Camry w/2AZ-FE Engine
Jury Orders Ford to Pay $122 Million
June 3, 2004
FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
SAN DIEGO — A jury ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay at least $122 million to a woman paralyzed in a rollover accident, the first setback in a string of lawsuits involving the Ford Explorer, the nation’s best-selling sport-utility vehicle.
Ford previously won 11 rollover lawsuits involving the Explorer, a company spokeswoman said.