Automakers, facing stiff fines for lackluster recall completion rates, are going to new lengths to reach owners of the millions of cars with known safety defects that remain on the road.
Continental Automotive Systems Inc. said five million vehicles need to be recalled to fix their air-bag control units, adding to the challenges for an auto industry already struggling to replace millions of faulty air bags made by Takata Corp.
When Heather Marley decided to pass three vehicles while traveling eastbound through Macon County, Ala., on Highway 80, she didn't anticipate a turning vehicle.