Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.2 Million Ram Pickups Over a Fatal Flaw -<br />By BILL VLASIC and NEAL E. BOUDETTEMAY 12, 2017<br />DETROIT — A major recall of pickup trucks announced Friday by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles<br />is another dose of bad news for a company already on the skids in the American market.<br />In the latest in a series of safety problems dating back three years, the company said it would recall more than 1.2 million Ram pickups to fix faulty software<br />that can disable airbags and seatbelt tension devices.<br />Fiat Chrysler said the recall covered 1.02 million vehicles in the United States and 259,000 trucks in Canada, Mexico and other international markets.<br />“The company is aware of one fatality, two injuries and two accidents<br />that may be related” to the defect, according to a statement on Fiat Chrysler’s website.<br />The recall is particularly troublesome for Fiat Chrysler because it involves the Ram pickup — by far its best-selling vehicle<br />and one of its only models whose sales are growing in a declining domestic market.<br />The defect has been linked to accidents resulting in one death<br />and two injuries, the company said in documents submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
