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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1270884" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Dodge is getting railroaded on this. Problem started with the GM truck ignition that killed a lot of people. GM tried to cover up their mistake and not report it to the gov't by replacing all the defective parts with new parts labelled with the same part number so when these parts hit the dealer's parts shelves they were mixed with all the defective ones and those defective in the vehicles couldn't be identified because they all had the same number. NHTSA caught it on the chin for not punishing GM for this but GM successfully argued that was the old management and not the new and the new management was blameless.</p><p></p><p>If anyone has the right to use this defense its Dodge since most of the vehicles in question were built before Fiat bought them out. Basically this whole thing amounts to is these older trucks in question do not meet today's safety standards <u>BUT THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE BUILT.</u> Most have had recalls on them for some time and the NHTSA will insure that those people who refused to take responsibility and take their vehicles in to the shop to have the recall work done will be given some cash and be rewarded for being irresponsible. Others will be inconvenienced because their vehicle no longer meets today's safety standards.</p><p></p><p>Whether you are a Dodge fan or not just think about this for a minute. The government creates a standard for you to build a product by then a few years later when times and technology change the manufacturer is held responsible for these aged products not meeting the new standards. And people wonder why we are losing our manufacturers in this country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1270884, member: 4362"] Dodge is getting railroaded on this. Problem started with the GM truck ignition that killed a lot of people. GM tried to cover up their mistake and not report it to the gov't by replacing all the defective parts with new parts labelled with the same part number so when these parts hit the dealer's parts shelves they were mixed with all the defective ones and those defective in the vehicles couldn't be identified because they all had the same number. NHTSA caught it on the chin for not punishing GM for this but GM successfully argued that was the old management and not the new and the new management was blameless. If anyone has the right to use this defense its Dodge since most of the vehicles in question were built before Fiat bought them out. Basically this whole thing amounts to is these older trucks in question do not meet today's safety standards [u]BUT THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE BUILT.[/u] Most have had recalls on them for some time and the NHTSA will insure that those people who refused to take responsibility and take their vehicles in to the shop to have the recall work done will be given some cash and be rewarded for being irresponsible. Others will be inconvenienced because their vehicle no longer meets today's safety standards. Whether you are a Dodge fan or not just think about this for a minute. The government creates a standard for you to build a product by then a few years later when times and technology change the manufacturer is held responsible for these aged products not meeting the new standards. And people wonder why we are losing our manufacturers in this country. [/QUOTE]
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