And if you think its a safety issue, you have to have your gas tank replaced to the tune of around 1,400plus. Reporter chrysler hadnt even notified its own Customers Service employees let alone dealers or drivers of the stalls or the extended warranty. Having said its going to do that, failing to do it and then having one of those cars crash and hurt somebody, it is very vulnerable in a lawsuit. Reporter ben kelly used to work for the the department of transportation nhtsas parent agency. Even more concerning than the delay is the fact that nhtsa deemed the stalls low risk. Too often nhtsa has failed to determine that stalling is a safety defect. Reporter at least in the chrysler case, nhtsas official findings are almost word for word what the carmaker told the agency. The majority of incidents occurred at a low speed or stops and therefore are a low risk. Low speed stalls can be very scary. Rearended or tboned my biggest fear. Reporter nhtsa closed its stall investigation without a re
On mechanical failure. Now the Agency Responsible for overseeing Passenger Transport vehicles in california has been found inadequate. They are not adequately ensuring the public is safe. Reporter Margaret A Fernandez says a auditors are not holding the cpuc responsible for the limo fire in any way. They are pointing out the problems that need to be fixed. Among those cited ineffective leadership, lack of formal policies and significant delays in responding to consumer complaints. Once they begin the investigation on average are taking 238 days to complete the investigation. Reporter the cpuc largely agreed with the audit individual findings disagreed on the over arching conclusion it was failing its mission to ensure consumer safety. The cpuc did not want to comment on camera but gave me a statement. It said it took this audit very seriously and it will comply with all of the constructive recommendations. Cpuc must have a plan in place responding to some of these recommendations by th
The woman has not been identified but investigators say that truck driver is cooperating. And developing news, a massive response to a pair of smoky brush fires that erupted in the dry Oakland Hills. Fires broke out near park boulevard and estates drive and drivers being asked to avoid that area tonight. Kpix 5s brian webb tells us fire crews keeping a close watch for any hot spots, brian. Reporter right. And the fire chief just told me both fires are considered suspicious. Walk with me a little bit. Ill show you where they were. Both began down this steep canyon here a lot of brush down there for fuel. Not to mention extra long runs for fire hoses. Thankfully, conditions were in firefighters favor this time. Heavy smoke and 30foot flames shot out of the Oakland Hills this afternoon. Two fires within one mile of each other both sparked at about the same time. I was kind of scared that there would, you know, possibly be another Oakland Hills situation. Reporter the fires were down deep
Alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime record high temperaturs alltime , not just the record for septer 6th. Not just record for the month of september. Any day of the year, these are the hottests are the hottest days recorded. 115 for downtown santa rosa. 11s santa rosa. 110 degrees. 109 in san jose is the hottest temperae is the hottest temperature recorded since Record Keeping began in the early 1900s. It is still hot out of there. You still need to be careful. Have k up plan. The one piece of kind of good news is that temperatures are not going to be be as hot tomorrow, but they wil still be 10 to 20 degrees above. 20 degrees above average. That is still dangerously hot, especy with temperatures rising again y to thursday. We will check out the full sevenday forecast coming up. Now lets get one to our power supply. We just
Its an ending we did not want to see. A short time ago, the search for a missing petaluma teenager, alyssa byrne, ended as Authorities Say this morning, they found her body. Douglas county sheriffs investigators in nevada confirmed the news no one wanted to hear. The body of 19yearold alyssa byrne was found in South Lake Tahoe just a few miles away from the concert venue where her friends last saw her. Allie rasmus is live in the newsroom now. So alley, do they suspect foul play . Reporter no, investigators say they do not. But they are still trying to figure out exactly what happened to the teen. 19yearold alyssa byrne disappeared while attending the snow globe musical festival on new years eve in South Lake Tahoe. She left her friends around midnight to walk back to the hotel where they were staying. Within hours, investigators and searchandrescue crews combed the area looking for any sign of her. Then at 8 30, utility workers made a grim discovery in the snow. A body found ten feet