FCA faced a $70M Fine
FCA will have to pay a $70 million fine in order to bring a U.S. investigation to conclusion.
The automaker faced fines after admitting this September that it has failed to provide Early Warning Report information to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This data was required by the TREAD Act of 2000. The NHTSA considered it to be a serious failure.
This is not the first time for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to receive fines from NHTSA. We remind you that it paid $105 million in July because of handling almost two dozen recalls that affected 11 million cars.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles also agreed to change the procedures, so that the reporting would be proper. A third-party audit will be commissioned for ensuring compliance with the law. Besides, it will help to determine the full extent of the failures under consideration. The producer will have to turn over every crash report it did not manage to disclose for the last six months.
The American Transportation Secretary states that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and other companies have to move forward in order to provide more proactive safety culture. Even if they fall short, they will still have a chance to succeed thankfully to the exercise of the enforcement authority.
