Pentastar V6 Still Prone to Cylinder Head Failure
17 Jun 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Chrysler replaced the cylinder heads on 7,500 vehicles equipped with the Pentastar V6 back in 2012, the automaker announced it will extend the warranty coverage on each and every car fitted wi...
GM to Drill Holes Into the Keys of 3.4 Million Vehicles
17 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yup, you heard that right. General Motors' latest recall involves over 3 million cars which will have their keys reworked… with an electric drill! The fix involves adding a plastic inser...
Entire Chevrolet Camaro Production Run Recalled, Saab 9-3 Convertible Also Added to GM Recall Tally
13 Jun 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Saab is currently in Chinese hands and builds a cheap electric rendition of the 9-3, almost 29k drop-tops wearing the Swedish griffin badge that utilize General Motors underpinnings are ...
BMW Motorrad Has Definitely Not Done Its Homework
13 Jun 2014, 15:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Back in the day when I DARED speak (or write, for what’s worth) about the possibility that BMW seemed in a bit of a hurry to deliver its new lineup of bikes, a lot of BMW fan boys snapped thei...
Chrysler Recalls 600k SUVs Over Corrosion Issue
12 Jun 2014, 10:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The American automaker announced that over 600,000 sport utility vehicles are prone to premature corrosion. Specifically, brake boosters fitted to those vehicles are very vulnerable to rust damage, ...
Owners of Recalled GM Vehicles Won't Be Compensated For Depreciation
12 Jun 2014, 07:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An official statement from General Motors indicates that owners of recalled GM-branded cars will not receive any kind of compensation for lost value on their vehicles. However, the Detroit manufactu...
More Takata Airbag-Fitted Toyotas Recalled in Japan
11 Jun 2014, 17:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Takata, one of the top three auto safety equipment manufacturers, discovered last year it did a little boo-boo with the explosive chemicals used to detonate the airbags on vehicles fitted with their...
NHTSA Halts $7k Daily Fines Against General Motors
11 Jun 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors doesn't have to pay anymore daily fines after the Detroit manufacturer successfully addressed the agency's recall inquiries. For the reason of failing to meet the April 3rd ...
BMW Motorrad Sales Grow, Record-Breaking Year Continues
11 Jun 2014, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad reports a stable ascending course for its motorcycle and maxi scooter sales for the 5th consecutive month. Sales in the month of May 2014 have been 7.7% higher than those in the same mo...
GM Lays Off 15 Employees Over Delayed Ignition Switch Scandal
9 Jun 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the extremely "thorough, brutally tough" and "deeply troubling" Valukas report, the 13 fatally injured connected to GM's faulty ignition switches lead the autom...
10k Jeep Vehicles Recalled Over Cruise Control Software Glitch
7 Jun 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After we informed you just the other day that rougly 21,000 Ram ProMaster full-size vans are recalled over an electrical corrosion issue, the Chrysler Group returns with a new call back operation co...
GM Recall Saga Continues: 90k Vehicles Affected
7 Jun 2014, 16:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As if General Motors didn't have enough on its head already, the manufacturer announced recently three extra safety recalls and a non-compliance call back operation, all of which were reported ...
2014 BMW R1200RT Recalled, Riding Ban Advised Because of Faulty Suspension Hazard
7 Jun 2014, 06:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you the proud owner of a brand new 2014 BMW R1200RT and can hardly wait to visit the 2014 BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen? That’s really sweet, but you won’t be able to, ...
Ram ProMaster Recalled Over Electrical Corrosion Issue
6 Jun 2014, 18:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though it's produced at Chrysler's manufacturing facility in Saltillo, Mexico, the 2014 Ram ProMaster shows its Italian origins with the latest recall involving the full-size van base...
Possible Problems for Certain AMG Four-Cylinder Engines
5 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Pretty much everybody loves the M133 four-cylinder powerplant powering the A 45 AMG, CLA 45 AMG and the GLA 45 AMG, right? Everything, from the performance blend between cylinder displacement and...
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Cadillac CTS-V Recalled Over Defective Supercharger
4 Jun 2014, 17:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in: General Motors announced the supercharger bolted atop the 6.2-liter V8 powerplant fitted to the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Cadillac CTS-V might not work properly. According to the Detroi...
Epic Fail: GM Sent Recall Notices To Victims' Families
4 Jun 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's common knowledge that the 2.6 million General Motors vehicles fitted with defective ignition switches caused at least 13 fatalities, although an independent analysis hikes that figure to a...
KTM 390 Duke Recalled... But Not Quite So
3 Jun 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s somewhat funny seeing how corporate talk replaces “recall” with “technical information” and instead of solving an actual problem detected with certain motorcycles,...
Jeep's 2012 Airbag Recall Investigated By U.S. Safety Regulators
2 Jun 2014, 15:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation regarding the Chrysler Group's 2012 recall involving 919,545 Jeep SUVs fitted with defective airbags. Ev...
Holden VF Commodore, WN Caprice Recalled Over Defective Seatbelts
1 Jun 2014, 17:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The ever-increasing General Motors recall saga continues with a safety campaign in the land down under. No less than 41,993 Holden VF Commodore and WN Caprice vehicles from the 2014 model year are c...