Issues
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.
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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.
Mitsubishi Motors Admits Decades-Long Defect Cover-Up
Japanese automaker adds 26 defects to four made public in 2000.
11:26 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Associated Press
TOKYO Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors hid 26 defects in its cars from regulators for years in addition to four problems it publicized in 2000 to avoid issuing recalls for the vehicles, the company said Wednesday.
The automaker said it would immediately start recalling the affected cars, estimated at over 160,000 and most of them sold in Japan.
Toyota Fined $250,000 by NHTSA
On April 25, 1994, Toyota Motor Corporation was fined $250,000 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to timely recall 1981-89 Land Cruisers for defective fuel tanks..
Honda Fined $50,000 by NHTSA
On October 4, 1996, American Honda Motor Company agreed to pay a fine of $50,000 to NHTSA for failure to timely recall 3.7 million 1986-91 vehicles equipped with defective seat belt buckles made by Takata Corp.
Ford Fined $425,000 by NHTSA
On March 11, 1999, Ford Motor Company agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to NHTSA for inaccurate or incomplete responses in investigations PE92-069, PE94-034, PE94-078 and EA95-002 of steering column and underdash fires and for failure to timely recall 7.8 million vehicles made between 1988 and 1992 for replacement of ignition switches.
Chrysler Fined $400,000 by NHTSA
On July 19, 2000, DaimlerChrysler corporation was fined $400,000 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.