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Aug02

Video: Chrysler and Eminem team up for 'Imported from Detroit' charity effort





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Video: Chrysler and Eminem team up for 'Imported from Detroit' charity effort

Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC Release Gospel Version of 'Lose Yourself' from 'Selected of God' Choir

'Lose Yourself,' performed by 'Selected of God' choir, available for download on iTunes; Eight Mile Style to donate 100 percent of publishing proceeds to three local Detroit charities

Chrysler and Eight Mile Style launch the 'Imported from Detroit Project'

August 2, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC, a Detroit-based publisher of...

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Jun03

Fiat now has 52% ownership stake in Chrysler LLC





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Fiat now has 52% ownership stake in Chrysler LLC

Fiat Auto has officially agreed to buy the U.S. Treasury's remaining 6% interest in Chrysler, boosting Fiat's ownership stake to 52%. That deal has been in the wind, but was finalized only late Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

AP says Fiat will pay $500 million for all of Treasury's Chrysler holdings. The deal must pass muster with U.S. regulators, which could take as long as three months, though an OK is expected sooner, according to the AP report.

The government is...

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May02

Chrysler exceeded Wall Street expectations posting first net profit since bankruptcy





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Chrysler exceeded Wall Street expectations posting first net profit since bankruptcy

Chrysler Group -- the U.S. automaker that has survived two ownership changes and a U.S. bailout in the past four years -- today reported its first net profit since emerging from bankruptcy in June 2009.

Chrysler posted net income of $116 million for the first quarter, compared with a net loss of $197 million a year earlier. Revenue jumped 35 percent to $13.1 billion as global vehicle sales increased 18 percent.

Cash rose to $9.9 billion on March 31 from $7.3 billion three...

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Jun07

RECALL: Chrysler recalling 575,000 Jeeps, Minivans





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RECALL: Chrysler recalling 575,000 Jeeps, Minivans
Chrysler Group LLC is currently recalling 575,000 Dodge and Chrysler minivans and Jeep sport utility vehicles for brake line wiring defects. Chrysler has already recalled 288,968 all Jeep Wranglers from 2001 - 2010 to repair a defect caused when the right-front and left-rear brake lines touch inside the fenders liners, which may lead to a brake line to break and leak fluid raising the risk of a crash, stated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration webpage today...

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May06

Recall – Chrysler - Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks





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Recall – Chrysler - Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks

Today Chrysler has voluntarily recalled over 186,000 diesel powered Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks. Model Year 2007 through 2009 This recall includes all trucks equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines that falsely illuminate the check engine warning under certain conditions, causing the engine to produce large amount of soot that could possibly damage the turbocharger, exhaust gas recirculation valve and diesel particulate filter and result in increased...

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May03

NHTSA may Recall Dodge Calibers for Accelerator Problems





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NHTSA may Recall Dodge Calibers for Accelerator Problems

Chrysler Group LLC said the National Highway Traffice Safety Administration is investigating a potential "sticky accelerator pedal" problem on some of its 2007 Dodge Calibers. The auto maker said an internal probe finds that consumer complaints are confined to fewer than 10,000 Calibers that were built during a five-week window in March and April 2006. The problem appears to be a supplier concern and is a mechanical, not electrical, issue, the auto maker said in a statement Monday...

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