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Lotus Recalling Elise, Exige, Evora S Over Fire Hazard

8 Jul 2014, 07:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration informs on its website that 860 Lotus sports cars are being recalled because of a pretty dubious fault. According to the agency, the oil cooler hos...

Subaru Recalls 660k Cars Over Brake Line Rust Issue

3 Jul 2014, 17:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Subaru is recalling an estimated 660,238 U.S. vehicles over brake lines prone to fail due to premature corrosion. All affected cars are located in 20 U.S. states that use salt to melt ice on the roa...

NHTSA Back On Chrysler for Slow Response to Jeep Recall Fix [Update]

3 Jul 2014, 03:10 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Chrysler made headlines last year when it refused to recall the 1993 to 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the 2002 to 2007 Jeep Liberty at the request of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio...

2014 Cadillac CTS Sedan Not Affected by Massive Recall

2 Jul 2014, 20:43 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Last week, General Motors announced a massive safety recall that stemmed from five different issues and affected more than 8.4 million vehicles. One of those vehicles was the 2013-14 Cadillac CTS, w...

2014 Suzuki DL650A V-Strom Recalled for Chain-Related Crash Risk

2 Jul 2014, 14:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. is recalling a small number of their new 650cc V-Strom bikes to fix a problem with the drive chain, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports. Suzuki s...

Graco Child Seats Recall Tally Edges to 6.1 Million

2 Jul 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged Graco to recall the first 3.8 million toddler and booster seats back in February, that figure hiked to 6.1 million after further invest...

2014 Nissan Leaf Recalled for Faulty Traction Motor Inverter

2 Jul 2014, 01:56 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Fresh off a small-scale recall that could have potentially replaced an entire vehicle, the 2014 Nissan Leaf is being recalled once again in small numbers. This time around, a total of 196 of the all...

Hyundai Recalling 35k Elantra Touring Hatchbacks for Dislodging Airbag Bracket

1 Jul 2014, 20:59 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / In early 2013, about 200,000 Hyundai Elantra sedans were recalled due to a side-curtain airbag bracket that could dislodge in a side impact and injure an occupant. After investigating the similarity...

Chrysler Expands Ignition Switch Recall, 700k Cars Affected

1 Jul 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Amidst the recent announcement that saw the General Motors recall tally pass the 25 million vehicles mark, rival manufacturer Chrysler reports that almost 700,000 vehicles are called back over inadv...

8.4 Million GM Vehicles Recalled, 7.6 Million Over Unintended Ignition Key Rotation

1 Jul 2014, 08:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With this latest set of 6 call back operations, General Motors has broken the 25 million vehicles mark and is steadily heading even higher than that. If you're still keeping count, the carmaker...

Dodge Ram 1500 Investigated Over Drivetrain Failure

30 Jun 2014, 18:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - following multiple complaints from frustrated owners, the agency started investigating the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck ove...

Each GM Ignition Switch Death to Be Compensated With At Least $1 Million

30 Jun 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The compensation expert hired by General Motors to come up with the compensation plan for the 13 people that died in crashes linked to the infamous defective ignition switch fiasco declared that the...

KTM 690 Machines Recalled for Brake Pedal Issues

30 Jun 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you the proud and happy owner of a model year 2014 KTM 690 Enduro R or 690 SMC R? Good for you, but you should pay your dealer a visit, and ask for some mending and tinkering around your bike. T...

GM VP Aware Of Ignition Switch Fiasco Since 2005

30 Jun 2014, 08:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Earlier in June, Mary Barra vowed in front of House and Senate members that GM will get its act together, with the main focus of the moment being to fix the "deep underlying cultural problems&q...

BMW Recalls C600 Sport and C650GT Maxi Scooters for Potential Stalling Issues

28 Jun 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I know this will only make the BMW customers even more suspicious, especially those who know the 2014 R1200RT recall and compensation story, but here we go with yet another recall, even this time it...

GM Announces Four New Recall Operations Covering 506k Vehicles

28 Jun 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Was there a single week in 2014 without General Motors to announce a new recall operation? With the tally now well over 20 million glitchy vehicles, a further 506,873 cars have been recently called ...

5.4L Triton V8-Powered Fords Called Over Idling Issue

27 Jun 2014, 08:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's a widely known fact that the 330 CID (5.4-liter) version of the Triton V8 wasn't a praised engine because… reasons. Too many reasons, to be frank. Just recently Ford announced ...

Matt Lauer Plays the Gender Card with GM CEO Mary Barra

26 Jun 2014, 18:22 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Between its new CEO and the massive safety issues, General Motors has been in the headlines a lot lately, so Matt Lauer and The Today Show headed to Detroit for an exclusive interview with CEO Mary ...

33k Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Involved In GM Stop-Sale Order

26 Jun 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The bigwigs over at General Motors announced an immediate stop-sale order on some 2013 and 2014 model year Chevrolet Cruze sedans currently in dealership inventory. As for the potentially hazardous ...

Ford F-150 Recalled Over Power Steering Glitch

26 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you thought that GM is the only American carmaker suffering greatly due to its 20 million vehicles recalled this year, think again. Some Chrysler models experience problems with the Pentastar V6,...