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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>CONDENSATION BUILDING UP IN THE REAR TAIL LIGHT THAT COULD CAUSE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. ISSUE IS HOW THEY ARE INSTALLED PER REP AT COMPANY. CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME THE CAR GETS WET.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STRUCTURE:BODY</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>IN ONCE INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE THE SECOND DAY I LEASED THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND I HAD TO TOW IT OFF THE FREEWAY TO THE CLOSEST CORNER STORE.  I THEN CALLED THE DEALER I LEASED THE CAR FROM AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH WORKED.   I WAS INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE MY $160,000 CAR OVERNIGHT IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASTON MARTIN WOULD PICK IT UP THE</description>
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      <description>IN ONCE INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE THE SECOND DAY I LEASED THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND I HAD TO TOW IT OFF THE FREEWAY TO THE CLOSEST CORNER STORE.  I THEN CALLED THE DEALER I LEASED THE CAR FROM AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH WORKED.   I WAS INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE MY $160,000 CAR OVERNIGHT IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASTON MARTIN WOULD PICK IT UP THE</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>IN ONCE INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE THE SECOND DAY I LEASED THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND I HAD TO TOW IT OFF THE FREEWAY TO THE CLOSEST CORNER STORE.  I THEN CALLED THE DEALER I LEASED THE CAR FROM AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH WORKED.   I WAS INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE MY $160,000 CAR OVERNIGHT IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASTON MARTIN WOULD PICK IT UP THE</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS WILL BE MY SECOND COMPLAINT.  MY CAR ABRUPTLY CAME TO A STOP ON THE FREEWAY AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND CAUSING THE CAR TO BE LABELED AS A SALVAGED VEHICLE.  THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED DESPITE INFORMING THE DEALER.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS WILL BE MY SECOND COMPLAINT.  MY CAR ABRUPTLY CAME TO A STOP ON THE FREEWAY AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND CAUSING THE CAR TO BE LABELED AS A SALVAGED VEHICLE.  THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED DESPITE INFORMING THE DEALER.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS WILL BE MY SECOND COMPLAINT.  MY CAR ABRUPTLY CAME TO A STOP ON THE FREEWAY AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND CAUSING THE CAR TO BE LABELED AS A SALVAGED VEHICLE.  THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED DESPITE INFORMING THE DEALER.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE CAR WAS MOVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND LOST ALL POWER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.  WE HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD.  THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND WE CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE IT TOWED, PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND DAY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE CAR WAS MOVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND LOST ALL POWER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.  WE HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD.  THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND WE CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE IT TOWED, PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND DAY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE CAR WAS MOVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND LOST ALL POWER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.  WE HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD.  THEN IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND WE CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE IT TOWED, PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND DAY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>IN THE FIRST WEEK OF BUYING THE VEHICLE THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY.  I HAD IT PUSHED OFF AND ASTON MARTIN (GALPIN FORD) TOWED IT BACK, SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE AFTER ALMOST A FULL WEEK AND REFUSED TO HAVE IT RETURNED.  NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS LATER THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURS EXCEPT THIS TIME A CAR HITS ME FULL SPEED WHILE MY CAR IS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL TOTALING THE VEHICLE AN</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>IN THE FIRST WEEK OF BUYING THE VEHICLE THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY.  I HAD IT PUSHED OFF AND ASTON MARTIN (GALPIN FORD) TOWED IT BACK, SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE AFTER ALMOST A FULL WEEK AND REFUSED TO HAVE IT RETURNED.  NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS LATER THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURS EXCEPT THIS TIME A CAR HITS ME FULL SPEED WHILE MY CAR IS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL TOTALING THE VEHICLE AN</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>IN THE FIRST WEEK OF BUYING THE VEHICLE THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY.  I HAD IT PUSHED OFF AND ASTON MARTIN (GALPIN FORD) TOWED IT BACK, SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE ISSUE AFTER ALMOST A FULL WEEK AND REFUSED TO HAVE IT RETURNED.  NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS LATER THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURS EXCEPT THIS TIME A CAR HITS ME FULL SPEED WHILE MY CAR IS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL TOTALING THE VEHICLE AN</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 DB9 and V8 Vantage, 2009-2012 DBS, 2010-2012 Rapide, 2014 Rapide S, 2011-2012 V12 Vantage, 2011-2014 V8 Vantage S and 2012 Virage vehicles.  Due to a manufacturing error, the accelerator pedal arm may break.</description>
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