FCA details buy-backs, incentives for completing older recalls - Automotive News
WASHINGTON -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today issued details on its buy-back and incentive program offered to more than 1 million owners of vehicles recalled in 2013 but for which recall repair programs weren’t immediately available. FCA agreed to make the offers as part of its July deal to settle the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s probe into violations of U. S. auto safety laws by FCA, which included a record $105 million in civil penalties and required... “Remedies are available, we are servicing vehicles and we encourage affected customers to contact their dealers,” Scott Kunselman, FCA senior vice president of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance,. Alternatively, owners eligible for the buy-backs may opt to have their vehicles repaired and receive a $100 prepaid Visa card, or accept a trade-in incentive of $2,000 off the purchase price of a new Ram pickup or $1,000 off a Jeep, Chrysler,... In a separate program, owners of 1993-98 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2002-07 Jeep Liberty SUVs recalled in 2013 for rear-mounted fuel tanks that have been linked to several deadly fires will be offered $100 prepaid Visa cards to repair their vehicles. Owners of the affected Grand Cherokees have the added option to trade in. Source: www.autonews.com
