How many are being recalled? I felt that I just had to post something when I saw this

 

Looks like about 500,000 Ram trucks so far.

And the scary part for those that like Dodges....

Will these repurchased cars end up in circulation?
Some will. FCA "may remedy and resell any vehicle repurchased" under the buyback program, according to NHTSA's consent order. The automaker intends to do that for the vehicles it will buy back, Mayne said.

 

Injuries being a different, serious subject, I wish we could point and laugh but Ford has had their fair share. (This is limited to the joking fun of picking on each other of the big three.) Although this is a new level of recall...an entire buyback? This is going to be costly. Sadly for the owners, it isn't the full price as it doesn't include depreciation so the owner still loses since the cost of a new truck is even more than it was 5+ years ago.

 

According to the news article I read it will only $2.5 Billion if 1/4 of the cars in the program are bought back... REMEMBER they get to resell them though...

So that means if they all were bought back it could top $10 Billion.

That doesn't count the $105 million in fines or the people that get trade in assistance and $100 gift cards.

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Yes, Ford and GM also have their no recall issues when known problems exist issues too. So we don't point and laugh.

 

I'm a Ford fan but remember the Pinto gas tank fiasco that today would cost them a major bundle. This penalty is a sign of the times that should have happened decades ago. GM is also in the same closet as is Toyota and probably many that we don't know about.

 

Interesting that so many remove the fuel tank from inside the cab on the vintage trucks, mainly for perceived safety, seems this may well be completely mistaken,

 

This thread was the first I heard about this. Now that I'm catching up, what a mess.

 

Think I will just keep driving my 78 .....

 

Actually the tanks inside the cab were a bigger fiasco and then in 73 GM moved them outside the frame rail under the body. Side collisions were very intertaining if you weren't the ones in the truck.

 

what was the recall for I seen a few burbs on the news about it but now they are back on the TRUMP subject.. this could cause them to go out of business thats a lot of money hate to have their stock right now

 

Fiat Chrysler Must Buy Back Hundreds of Thousands of Ram Pickups - NBC News

I didn't know this until now either. Seems pretty bad...

 

Fiat is huge. This won't be a business killer but it'll be painful for them.

 

I actually got a notice from GM years ago about that .
They offered me $500 towards the purchase of a new truck !

 

Yeah moving fuel tanks like that seems crazy. Although, bad things happen during crashes, no way around it. Modern cars and trucks are waaay better! Usually.

What happened with the Pinto, I seem to recall (it's been a long time) something about the fuel filler tube shearing off in a crash or something like that, resulting in a fire after gasoline sprays over the hot exhaust.

A small design change or metal plate was suggested, cost just a few bucks. Well internal documents were produced showing that the bean counters figured it would cost on balance, less to fight any lawsuits in court, than spend an extra $5 bucks per car. I think that's what really made them look bad.

 

This actually could raise used truck prices for trucks that aren't recalled . . .

I'm not surprised. In the days of this recall, Chrysler didn't make anything worth buying.