Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV waited 18 months to tell federal safety regulators about a security flaw in radios being installed more than a million vehicles that hackers later exploited to seize control of a Jeep last month.
Of the 23 Fiat Chrysler recalls that U.S. regulators investigated, three were so dangerous that the government invoked its most potent power: requiring the company to buy back the vehicles.
A record penalty that could reach $105 million isnt the only imposition U.S. auto-safety regulators are making on Fiat Chrysler: Its also getting a house guest.