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2. Mike Kelly sold defective cars at his dealerships.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 07:59 PM
Oct 2020

"Congressman who said car dealerships don’t sell defective cars is caught selling over a dozen at his own"

"Sure enough, a new investigation by a local television news station has found that there were 17 cars with unrepaired safety recalls offered for sale at Kelly’s car dealerships across Pennsylvania in early March."

"The vehicles were all under recall for potentially explosive airbags produced by the now-bankrupt Takata corporation. The Takata airbag recall is the auto industry's largest to date, causing backlogs at dealerships and forcing millions of consumers with defective airbags with no choice but to wait indefinitely. Officials have counted a total of 24 deaths worldwide due to the airbags exploding."

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https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/congressman-who-said-car-dealerships-dont-sell-defective-cars-is-caught-selling-over-a-dozen-at-his-own-042919.html

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