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This undated photo provided by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC shows the interior of the redesigned Jeep Compass Limited SUV. The new Compass, unveiled at a factory in Brazil on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, replaces a model that was introduced about a decade earlier and had fallen far behind rivals in what is now the largest segment of the U.S. auto market. It also will replace the Jeep Patriot, a similar-sized SUV. (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC via AP) ** FILE **

Fiat Chrysler shifters investigation: Gov’t checking for rollaway risk

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

This July 14, 2015 photo shows the ARC Automotive manufacturing plant in Knoxville, Tenn. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, are looking into whether the death of a Canadian driver was caused by a faulty air bag inflator made by ARC Automotive Inc. Authorities say the driver was killed when an ARC inflator ruptured in a crash in Newfoundland and sent shrapnel into a 2009 Hyundai Elantra.(Adam Lau/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags

By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

This July 14, 2015 photo shows the ARC Automotive manufacturing plant in Knoxville, Tenn. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, are looking into whether the death of a Canadian driver was caused by a faulty air bag inflator made by ARC Automotive Inc. Authorities say the driver was killed when an ARC inflator ruptured in a crash in Newfoundland and sent shrapnel into a 2009 Hyundai Elantra.(Adam Lau/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Gov’t: US air bag parts maker is stonewalling probe of death

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2015, file photo, a worker inspects a new 2015 aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150 truck at the company's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether a recall of Ford F-150 pickup trucks for brake failures should be expanded to more model years. The probe covers about 282,000 pickups with 3.5-liter six-cylinder engines from 2015 and 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

US probes complaints of more F-150 brake failures

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

US probes Ford vehicles for steering, warning light problems

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, a Jeep Grand Cherokee sits on the lot at Bill DeLuca's dealerships in Haverhill, Mass. U.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s automatic braking system without seeking a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began the probe in June 2015 after getting complaints that the system braked for no reason, increasing the risk of rear crashes. The investigation covered just over 95,000 SUVs from the 2014 and 2015 model years. The agency says tests found that the braking reduced the SUV speeds by less than 3 mph. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

US closes probe of Jeep automatic braking; no recall sought

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this 2015 file photo provided by his neighbor, Krista Kitchen, Joshua Brown stands by his new Tesla electric car near his home in Canton, Ohio. Brown died in an accident in Florida on May 7, 2016, in the first fatality from a car using self-driving technology. (Krista Kitchen via AP, File)

Feds seek Autopilot data from Tesla in crash probe

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Japanese seat belt and air-bag maker Takata Corp. Chairman and CEO Shigehisa Takada gestures during a news conference regarding the expanding recall of his company's air bags in Tokyo, in this Thursday, June 25, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Gov’t to fine Takata $70M in air bag recall case: AP source

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Gov’t: Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back 500,000 pickups

By TOM KRISHER and JONATHAN FAHEY - Associated Press

Tracking our driving, Big Brother takes the wheel

By Ernest Istook

This Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 early morning rush hour traffic winds it's way along a narrow street in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. When the people whose houses hug the narrow warren of streets paralleling the busiest urban freeway in America began to see bumper-to-bumper traffic rushing by their homes a year or so ago they were baffled. When word spread that the explosively popular new smartphone app Waze was sending many of those cars through their neighborhood in a quest to shave five minutes off a daily rush-hour commute, they were angry and ready to fight back. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

ERNEST ISTOOK: Tracking our driving, Big Brother takes the wheel

This undated photo provided by Graco Children’s Products shows a SnugRide Classic Connect infant car seat. (AP Photo/Graco Children’s Products) ** FILE **

Graco fined for delayed reporting of seat-buckle complaints

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Buyers look over a 2008 Pilot sports-utility vehicle while a 2008 Accord coupe sits in the background at a Honda dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., in this Oct. 18, 2007, file photo. Honda is adding nearly 105,000 vehicles to its U.S. recall of driver's side air bag inflators that can explode with too much force. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FILE)

Honda adds 105,000 vehicles to driver’s air bag recall

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the U.S., during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Automakers hire rocket firm to probe air bag problems

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, traffic on U.S. Highway 12/14 in Madison, Wis. moves at a crawl as drivers navigate accumulating snows and high winds. Traffic fatalities are continuing to decline across Wisconsin and are on track to account for the lowest number of road deaths since 1943, transportation officials say. As of Wednesday, there have been 480 fatalities so far this year, compared to 527 in 2013, according to Wisconsin Department of Transportation data. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart, File)

Safer roads: Traffic fatalities down nearly 25% over past decade

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo, Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing about defective airbags made by Takata of Japan, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Under pressure from federal regulators, Honda on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, said it will expand a recall of cars with Takata driver's side air bags to all 50 states. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Takata: Evidence doesn’t support national recall

By Tom Krisher and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Automakers to jointly probe air bags

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows the frontal offset crash test of the 2005 Subaru Legacy. Documents posted Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 by U.S. safety regulators say Subaru is expanding a previous recall of five models, including the 2005 Legacy, to fix potentially faulty passenger air bags in high-humidity states. (AP Photo/Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

Takata panel to audit air bag inflator production

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Child seats, manufactured by Takata Corp. are displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Takata, the Japanese air bag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, says it's taking more special losses for new recalls and will sink deeper into the red for the fiscal year. Takata said Thursday it will record a 25 billion yen ($218 million) loss for the fiscal year through March 2015. It previously forecast a 24 million yen ($210 million) forecast. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

The latest on air bag recalls, with cars involved

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 17, 2014, file photo, journalists visit Takata Ignition Systems in Schoenebeck, Germany. U.S. safety regulators are threatening fines and legal action against Takata Corp. for failing to admit that its driver's-side air bag inflators are defective and should be recalled nationwide. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a letter to the company Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, detailing the threats, which include a public hearing and possible court action. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)FILE -

U.S. agency threatens to act against air bag maker

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press