{"id":227,"date":"2011-03-16T01:55:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T01:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-03-16T01:55:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T01:55:57","slug":"is-there-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-chrystler-because-of-their-cars-theft-design-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Is there a class action lawsuit against Chrystler because of their cars&#8217; theft design flaws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Question by Steve J<\/i>: Is there a class action lawsuit against Chrystler because of their cars&#8217; theft design flaws?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My car has been stolen twice. They get in with a screw driver, break the PLASTIC steering column, and drive away using a stick. Every CHRYSTLER has this flaw. Even the new &#8216;300&#8217;s. they have done nothing to fix this problem. My friend works with troubled youth and he even over heard them talking about how they can drive away with a chrystler with only a stick. these kids aren&#8217;t even 16 yet. this is a serious design flaw that they still haven&#8217;t corrected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Answer by Perry F<\/i><br \/>Did Honda ever correct their flaws, like starting one up with a filed down Chrysler key, or the ease of pulling back on the frame less window, NO<br \/>\nWhat about the early GM column that can be broken apart and started w\/ a screwdriver, NO<br \/>\nSorry I think you can&#8217;t fault a manufacturer for not designing a car that cannot be stolen 100% of the time.<br \/>\nBTW I understand that even if you can get the steering wheel unlocked, if the transmitter is not active then the theft module will not allow the engine to stay running, so I think your off on this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add your own answer in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question by Steve J: Is there a class action lawsuit against Chrystler because of their cars&#8217; theft design flaws? My car has been stolen twice. They get in with a screw driver, break the PLASTIC steering column, and drive away using a stick. Every CHRYSTLER has this flaw. Even the new &#8216;300&#8217;s. they have done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[636,478,728,729,727,360,11,119,726,730,332,133],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-flaws","tag-action","tag-against","tag-because","tag-cars","tag-chrystler","tag-class","tag-design","tag-flaws","tag-lawsuit","tag-theft","tag-their","tag-there"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}