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GM Has Now Recalled These Silverado and Sierra Airbags at Least Five Times. Here’s What Keeps Failing.
GM has opened another recall on the side-curtain airbags of its previous-generation full-size pickups. Federal recall data lists campaign 26V611000 under the summary “Air Bag Inflator Endcap May Detach.” It covers 1,559 vehicles under GM recall number N262569920: certain 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500 and GMC Sierra 2500/3500 trucks, plus 2016–2017 Silverado 1500 and Sierra 1500…
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The Corvette Outran the Trooper at 156 MPH. It Couldn’t Outrun the Radio Call to Missouri.
A red C8 Corvette ran from an Arkansas trooper at 156 mph on I-55. It lost anyway, to spike strips staged across the Missouri line and a brake check that ended in a field.
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Delaware Police Say Fake FedEx Drivers Took $680,000 in Electronics. One Walked Back to the Truck While Troopers Were There.
Delaware State Police say two men posing as FedEx drivers used fake paperwork to haul off $680,000 in electronics. The trailer was found the next day at a Newark shopping center.
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Watch a Missouri YouTuber Tear Down a 2022 F-150 EcoBoost That Hit 180,000 Miles in Four Years, Then Find a Piston Burned Straight Through
A 2022 Ford F-150 Lariat that rolled out of the factory in May 2022 had 180,000 miles on it about four years later, and its twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 ended up on an engine stand in Missouri. The host of the YouTube channel I Do Cars, whose videos send parts buyers to Importapart, a used-parts…
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Newsom Signed Four California DUI Laws. One Doesn’t Kick In Until 2031.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed four drunk-driving bills on September 25. His office’s announcement describes stiffer criminal penalties for repeat offenders, longer revocations and ignition-interlock requirements, more DMV points for fatal crashes, and license revocations of up to six years for drivers with four or more priors. All of that is true in a technical sense.…
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Illinois Motorcycle Pursuit Started Next to a Gas Station and Ended About a Minute Later on an Empty Tank
A Peoria County dashcam video opens on a gas station. About a minute later, deputies say, the stolen motorcycle they were chasing ran out of gas.
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Driver Crashes Into Dallas Repair Shop, Gets Pulled From Burning Car, Leaves Before Police Arrive — Now Shop Says Someone Took the Plates
A driver was pulled from a burning car after crashing into Wayne Motors in Far North Dallas, then left before police arrived. Texas law says the building owner was owed a call.
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To Escape an Alleged Knife Attack, a Surrey Man Rode on the Outside of a Stranger’s Reversing Tesla
Video from the Tesla’s driver shows the car pulling away in reverse at 24 km/h while the man police say was being chased with a knife held onto the open passenger door.
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Hawley’s Flock Bill Caps Plate Data at 10 Days. Flock’s Own Default Is Seven.
Sen. Josh Hawley’s Stop Flock Abuse Act would make police delete plate data after 10 days and get written approval for searches. It says nothing about the car-description searches behind a Florida woman’s wrongful arrest.
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Credit Acceptance Is Wiping Out $634 Million in Car Debt. Here’s Who Qualifies, and What the Next Loan Looks Like.
Credit Acceptance Corporation, the Southfield, Michigan lender whose name shows up on many buy-here-style used-car deals, has agreed to cancel an estimated $634 million in auto debt for more than 55,000 borrowers. The deal is laid out in a proposed consent order filed September 17 in Manhattan federal court. It ends a lawsuit that the…
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An Oklahoma Sheriff Found a Stolen ATV. Then He Got a Judge to Sign It Over to His Office.
A stolen ATV turned up in Grady County, Oklahoma. The sheriff’s office had it titled to itself and spent money repairing it. Now the owner is suing.
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Portland’s $207K Takeover Grant: Federal Cash, Tight Clock, Forfeiture Risk
Portland City Council voted 11-1 on September 23 to accept $207,411.35 to fight street takeovers. According to the city’s ordinance, that money covers police work between July 8 and September 30, 2026. So the city formally added the money to its budget with one week left before it expired. That sounds like bureaucratic slapstick, and…
