China Recalls... Big Macs? Key McDonald's Supplier Accused of Repackaging Old Chow
29 Jul 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While General Motors continues to report an almost constant barrage of problems with their cars, China is experiencing a recall of an entirely different nature: hamburgers. What? You heard righ...
Toyota Should Recall 177,500 Camry Models According to Consumer Reports
29 Jul 2014, 11:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Not too long ago, Toyota issued a recall covering 2007 to 2011 model year Camrys for two different problems. Still, the automaker should start a new investigation as more and more owners are complai...
Volkswagen Recalls 2014 Golf GTI to Fix Stability Rods
29 Jul 2014, 08:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems not even the Golf GTI is safe from the multitude of recalls affecting cars sold in America right now. The 2015 model year is a brand new car and it seems Volkswagen hasn't worked out a...
2015 Hyundai Sonata Recalled Over Feeble Brake Calipers
28 Jul 2014, 19:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the seventh-generation Hyundai Sonata is a good piece of personal transportation kit for its low $21,150 starting MSRP, the South Korean mid-size sedan is recalled for an issue with the brake ...
Defective Takata Airbags Force Re-Recall of Mazda6, RX-8
25 Jul 2014, 17:18 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Automakers are already dealing with a large number of recalls associated with faulty Takata airbags, but Mazda is now facing the recall of a previous recall to replace defective passenger side airba...
Recalled GM Vehicles Affected by Major Price Drops, Study Finds
24 Jul 2014, 15:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the beginning of 2014, America's automotive industry was hit hard by the NHTSA over various safety and non-compliance defects. Out of the total recall population, GM is king of the hill w...
GM Recall Costs Totaled $1.5 Billion In the Second Quarter, Profit Falls 85 Percent
24 Jul 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the American company announced $0.2 billion second quarter net income attributable to common stockholders, the actual net profit is $190 million, translating to an 85 percent drop compared ...
Holden Commodore Recalled Over Sub-Standard Seat Weld
24 Jul 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Considering that the Aussie nameplate has been recalled four times in three months' time and this fifth campaign hikes the tally to a whopping 100,000 affected vehicles, it makes you wonder if ...
GM Pool of Potential Victims Expands with 505 New Death and Injury Claims
24 Jul 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After GM announced yesterday its 60th safety recall so far this year, more dirt has been uncovered about the manufacturer's lousy practices - through the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis...
General Motors Recall Saga Continues With 6 New Campaigns
23 Jul 2014, 18:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We're in the 30th week of the year and General Motors' recall tally approaches the 30 million mark. As if that wasn't enough of a handful, the manufacturer recently announced that it&...
Jeep Commander, Grand Cherokee Recalled Over Ignition Switch Fault
23 Jul 2014, 09:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's not like only GM has hit it low with those millions of vehicles called back over very diverse safety or non-compliance defects. Now Chrysler is recalling almost 800k SUVs over the same pro...
1.3 Million GM Vehicles Recalled Over Electric Power Steering Issues
21 Jul 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the entire automotive industry has recalled almost 28 million automobiles last year, General Motors is getting perilously close to the 30 million mark. If you take into consideration this lous...
Cadillac CTS, SRX Stop-Sale Order Is a Little Late
21 Jul 2014, 08:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although Caddy should be focusing its efforts with the launch of the 2015 model year CTS and fine-tuning the 2016 CTS-V, something big came up and it's not pretty at all. A call back operation ...
2014 Kia Soul Recalled For Loss of Steering
19 Jul 2014, 04:27 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As this year continues to rack up a record number of vehicle defects, few automakers have been immune to the dreaded recall bug. Although Kia has managed to stay off the recall radar, the National H...
Vehicle Safety Recalls Explained
18 Jul 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You may have heard on the news or read on our website that the recall tally in the United States is breaking records this year, with 37.5 million cars called back in the first six months of 2014 ove...
Jeep Grand Cherokee, Liberty to Cost $151M, Conclude by Early 2015
18 Jul 2014, 01:37 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave Chrysler until July 16 to explain why it’s been so slow to produce the parts to recall for the 1993-98 Grand Cheroke...
GM Legal Staff Takes the Heat at Recall Hearing
17 Jul 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Delphi's CEO blamed GM for the sub-standard ignition switches, the automaker's Mary Barra stepped up and testified before the Committee's Chairman McCaskill and Ranking Member H...
Hiding Safety Defects May Get Auto Execs Prison Time
16 Jul 2014, 20:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bob Casey are cooking quite the recipe for misbehaving higher-ups in the auto industry. These two are reportedly working on a bill that would punish bigwigs with...
2015 Hyundai Sonata Recalled Over Wiring Problem
14 Jul 2014, 23:07 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Hyundai has big hopes for its all-new 2015 Sonata, but things might be getting off to a rocky start. As fresh units of the redesigned midsize sedan were just starting to roll onto dealership showroo...
GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay
14 Jul 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Several federal prosecuters have joined forces and are currently doing their homework in order to charge General Motors with fraud over the notorious defective ignition switch recall. Evidence of mi...