Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.25 million trucks for software error

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) said Friday it would recall more than 1.25 million pickup trucks worldwide to address a software error linked to reports of one crash death and two injuries.

The error code could temporarily disable the side air bag and seat belt pretensioner deployment during a vehicle rollover spurred by a significant underbody impact, such as striking onroad debris or driving off-road, the Italian-American automaker said.

The company will reprogram computer modules in the affected vehicles to address this error.

The recall covers 1.02 million 2013-16 Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups, and 2014-2016 Ram 3500 pickups in the United States, 216,007 vehicles in Canada; 21,668 in Mexico; and 21,530 outside North America, the automaker said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fiatchrysler-recall-idUSKBN1881I6

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS | Fri May 12, 2017 | 8:31am EDT

[Sunlei]

1. wish an option were adult size infant seats to replace all the airbag crap on todays $30,000 cars

and roll down windows

[tenorly]

2. My parents had a Fiat in the late '70s.

Fix It Again, Tony.