Ryan Felton

@ryanfelton

WSJ autos reporter | Signal: 313-407-7540

Michigan Joined November 2010

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Ryan Felton @ryanfelton Sep 21, 2025

Exclusive: A Chinese supplier has been tied to fake airbag parts that exploded and killed five people driving used cars wsj.com/business/autos…

www.wsj.com Exclusive | Warning Issued on Fake Air-Bag Parts That Can Explode and Kill in a Crash U.S. safety regulators believe a Chinese manufacturer is linked to counterfeit parts that are now involved in five deaths.

Ryan Felton @ryanfelton Jul 28, 2025

NHTSA published a 6k+ page PDF it received as part of one of its investigations and redacted everything. Good stuff. static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2019/I…

Ryan Felton @ryanfelton Jul 3, 2025

Did you buy a “new” Jeep Patriot this quarter? Are you a dealer with six actual Dodge Darts? Show yourself

Ryan Felton @ryanfelton Mar 4, 2025

Exclusive: Jeep-maker Stellantis told U.S. dealers in an email Tuesday that tariffs will put its brands at a competitive disadvantage to competitors that import from Japan, South Korea and Europe. wsj.com/livecoverage/t…

www.wsj.com Exclusive: Jeep Parent Stellantis Says Tariffs Favor Asian, European Rivals Jeep maker Stellantis told its U.S. dealers Tuesday that newly-imposed 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada will put its car brands at a competitive disadvantage against Asian and...

Ryan Felton @ryanfelton Dec 30, 2024

nhtsa is providing records on a rolling basis for an old foia request i made and every month it's just a confidentiality request from a particular OEM and NHTSA's response granting that request. several months of this now, it's great