Chrysler's swift recall shows effect of Toyota PR debacle

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Source: LA Times

The automaker acts quickly to recall about 25,000 Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass vehicles after NHTSA received complaints about sticky gas pedals.

By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times

The speed with which Chrysler Group recalled 25,000 Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass vehicles demonstrated how wary automakers have become of repeating the public relations debacle experienced by Toyota Motor Corp. over a series of large recalls and quality issues, analysts said.

The recall, announced Friday, of the 2007 model-year vehicles follows a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration probe into problems that surfaced in late April after federal safety officials received five complaints of binding or sticky gas pedals.

The pedal system is built by CTS Corp. of Elkhart, Ind., which also built the accelerator pedal assemblies that were recalled in 2.3 million Toyota vehicles in late January.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chrysler-recall-20100605,0,6325978.story

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