Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Spider weaves a Web of concern for Mazda

WASHINGTON-Mazda has an unusual offender in its new safety recall fingers - a spider.

The Japanese automaker is more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars from the years 2009-2010 model referring to. The company says, a spider a Web in a fuel tank vent system and clog up the tank ventilation was weaving. Pressure on the tank could lead to a crack which cause fuel leakage and the risk of fire.

Mazda said the Government that two reports of problems with the tank had received it. A spider web in vent found in one of the cases.

The recall affects vehicles from the April 2008 to February 2010.

In a separate callback, Chrysler Group LLC said more than 248,000 crossover cars and minivans have a defect in which the key to the slip while driving caused the engine silently exits can.

Chrysler, which is managed by the Italian Fiat SpA, said he knew published according to a statement on Thursday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website of two rear-end collisions, which can have countered this problem.

The affected models are the Dodge journey crossover and the Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & country of minivans. The year 2010 model vehicles were 17 between August 3, 2009, and June, 2010.

About 3 percent of the 248,437 recalled vehicles are likely to have the problem, Chrysler said in the notice.

According to the statement, the company started last year, an increasing number of reports about the engine assess an internal investigation into the September shutdown or stalling.

The associated press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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