GM Recalls 2010 Cadillac DTS
22 Dec 2009, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors recently announced that its 2010 Cadillac DTS is the subject of a new safety recall in the United States, after the company discovered that 126 units fail to comply with the requireme...
Infants at Risk: Recall of Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers
21 Dec 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), together with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced over the weekend the recall of Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers, which pos...
Great Wall Recall in Australia Due to Seatbelt Failure
16 Dec 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Some Great Wall ute cars sold in Australia will be recalled due to a seatbelt failure. The defect was spotted during the Australian NCAP tests, where the car barely managed to score two stars. Judgi...
Toyota Engine Stall Under NHTSA Investigation
8 Dec 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / This is just not Toyota’s year, as the Japanese car manufacturer is under investigation again due to some complaints of engine stalling on 2006 Toyota Corolla and Toyota Matrix models. The...
Fiat Recalls 500,000 Grande Punto
5 Dec 2009, 09:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Safety recalls are becoming common things in today's auto market and, unfortunately, so many of them might even cause the death of the ones driving the affected models. Fiat is currently lookin...
20% Bonus Cut for Toyota Managers
27 Nov 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese workers at major companies such as Toyota get twice-a-year bonus pay in addition to their monthly salaries, a bonus which reflects the company’s performance. According to the AP, Toyo...
How Toyota Plans to Fix Deadly Accelerator Pedal
26 Nov 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday it announced and, at the same time acknowledged there is a problem with the accelerator pedal on some 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles, the Japanese carmaker released details on...
Official: Toyota Recalls 3,8 Million Cars in the US
25 Nov 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is official. Toyota Motor Corp will reshape or replace the accelerator pedal on 3.8 million vehicles. The company’s biggest recall will involve reconfiguring the shape of the pedals in orde...
Toyota Tundra Rust Recall Official
25 Nov 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s official. Toyota Motor Corp will recall 110,000 Tundra trucks from the 2000-2003 model years due to excessive rust on the vehicle's frame. Things look even worst, as government offic...
Volvo Recalls 9,600 2010 XC60
19 Nov 2009, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is perhaps one of the most rarely seen recalls, Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it is forced to send bank for servicing 9,667 XC60 vehicles, manufactured in 2010, due to a driver's sea...
Toyota to Spend $5 Billion to Replace Accelerator Pedals
18 Nov 2009, 10:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is far from finding a solution for its biggest recall ever. After trying to start a recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Japanese manufacturer might aft...
Chrysler Recalls 84,000 Dodge Calibers
13 Nov 2009, 16:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chrysler announced today it is recalling over 84,000 2007 Dodge Caliber vehicles, due to the... windshield wiper. Apparently, the excessive use of the wiper may make it inopera...
VW, Audi, SEAT, Skoda Models Recalled Due to DSG Glitch
12 Nov 2009, 11:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Group has issued a massive recall for several models produced by the brands it owns, including Skoda and SEAT. It appears the German manufacturer discovered a malfunction in the DSG syste...
NHTSA Goes at War with Toyota
5 Nov 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) publicly expressed their position on Japanese carmaker's Toyota floor mat problem, accusing it of providing inaccurate and misleading ...
Chrysler Recalls 2010 300, Dodge Challenger
3 Nov 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a recall for several models belonging to the brands owned by the US-based manufacturer. The recall concerns 2009-...
Toyota Mails Warning Letters on Deadly Floor Mats
3 Nov 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota, together with its luxury division Lexus, announced today it began issuing and mailing owners of vehicles affected concerning the floor mats problem, stressing that there is...
GM Recalls 53,000 Cobalt, Saturn Ion, Pontiac G5
2 Nov 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it is recalling around 53,000 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007 Saturn Ion and Pontiac G5 vehicles, sold in the states of Arizona, Texas, California, Florida an...
Toyota Urges Consumers to Remove Floor Mats
30 Oct 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is still looking at ways to resolve its largest recall ever but before finding a final resolution on the matter it urged all owners of the affected models to remove the floor mats from their ...
Toyota's Largest Recall: No Brakes at All?
27 Oct 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is still struggling to deal with its largest recall ever - approximately 3.8 million cars are recalled in the United States due to an incompatible floor mat - and new details have emerged tod...
Nissan Recalls 164,000 Rogue on Steering Gear Issue
26 Oct 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The somewhat abundant number of recalls in the US this year will grow in the following months with some 164,000 2008-2009 Nissan Rogue models, being sent to servicing due to a screw in the steering ...