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Wrong-Way Driver Nabbed After Crash, CT State Police Say Wrong-Way Driver Nabbed After Crash, CT State Police Say
Wrong-Way Driver Nabbed After Crash, CT State Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk in the wrong direction on a busy highway causing a two-vehicle crash. New London County resident James Miles Tanner, age 46, of Colchester, was arrested on Sunday, Jan. 9, for the crash which took place around 11:30 p.m., Sunday on Route 395 in Montville, said the Connecticut State Police. According to state police, Tanner, who was traveling in the wrong direction on the off-ramp of the highway in a Mercury Milan, side-swiped a Mercedes Benz. No one was injured in the crash. Tanner was charged with: DUI Traveling in th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Ford Issues Recall For Vehicles Due To Explosive Airbags Ford Issues Recall For Vehicles Due To Explosive Airbags
Ford Issues Recall For Vehicles Due To Explosive Airbags Ford has lost track of some potentially dangerous airbags that can explode, hurling deadly shrapnel at drivers, prompting a recall approximately150,000 vehicles. The auto manufacturer announced this week that the company lost track of nearly four dozen airbags that may have been installed in older Ranger pickup trucks and could be a potential hazard for motorists. According to Ford, the airbags were not taken out of the stock of service parts and could have been used in crash or theft repairs. In total, more than 153,000 Rangers manufactured between 2004 and 2011 are covered in the recall…

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by Zak Failla
News
Ford Recalls 600,000 Cars After 15 Crashes Ford Recalls 600,000 Cars After 15 Crashes
Ford Recalls 600,000 Cars After 15 Crashes Ford Motor announced that it is recalling more than 600,000 older model vehicles that have a brake issue that has led to 15 reported crashes nationwide. The safety recall includes 600,166 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ sedans from produced between 2006 and 2010 that were built at Ford’s Hermosillo Assembly Plant in Mexico between Feb. 22, 2006, and July 15, 2009. Ford says a valve that is normally closed inside the hydraulic control unit may get stuck in the open position or be slow to close, which could make it harder to engage the brakes and increase …

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by Zak Failla
News
Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags
Fiat Chrysler Latest Automaker To Issue Recall Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide as auto companies continue replacing malfunctioning Takata front airbags that have proven to be dangerous over the past year. The recall includes the 2010 through 2016 Jeep Wrangler SUV, the 2010 Ram 3500 pickup and 4500/5500 Chassis Cab trucks, the 2010 and 2011 Dodge Dakota pickup, the 2010 through 2014 Dodge Challenger muscle car, the 2011 through 2015 Dodge Charger sedan, and the 2010 through 2015 Chrysler 300 sedan. It's the latest in a coordinated recall of Takata airbag products in tens of millions of vehicles. …

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by Zak Failla