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The 2025 Traverse Brake Fix Is Free Until 36,000 Miles. A Federal Probe Could Change That.
Two Philadelphia class actions say five 2025 GM models have master cylinders that fail. GM’s free warranty fixes are its defense, and NHTSA’s eBoost probe could make them a recall.
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Watch: A Missing License Plate Turned Into a Chase to Flint. Police Say the Plate Was the Least of That Car’s Problems
A Grand Blanc Township stop for a missing license plate became a felony chase into Flint. Police say the car was stolen and the driver had five warrants.
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Troopers Say an 18-Year-Old Bailed on a Norcross Takeover at 145 MPH and Left an Injured Driver Behind. Now He’s Looking at 15 Charges
Troopers say an 18-year-old fled a Norcross street takeover at 145 mph and left a seriously injured driver behind. In Georgia, the prison time sits in the fleeing and hit-and-run laws.
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Richmond Quit Flock Because Henrico Quit Flock. Now Flock Is Cutting About 270 Jobs.
Flock plans to cut about 270 jobs as Henrico, Richmond, Harris County and Texas cities switch its plate cameras off. Each exit makes the network less useful to the next city.
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Police Say a Quebec Ring Drove Off With Cars From 22 Dealers Without Stealing Any. It Just Used Other People’s Identities to Finance Them
Quebec police arrested the last suspect in a ring they say used stolen identities to take cars from 22 dealers in five provinces.
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BMW’s EVs Are Up 37.5% in Europe and Down About 35% Everywhere Else. Neue Klasse Hasn’t Left Europe Yet
BMW Group delivered 81,941 electric vehicles in Europe in the third quarter, up 37.5%. Outside Europe, its battery-electric deliveries fell by roughly 15,000.
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IIHS Tested 11 Work Vans and Pickups for Crash Avoidance. Seven Flunked, and the Only Van With No Weak Spot Is One GM Already Killed
In IIHS’s first crash avoidance ratings for cargo vans and Class 3 pickups, seven of 11 rated poor with a vehicle ahead. The one van with no weak score is a BrightDrop GM no longer builds.
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An Unreturned Rental Ram Can Be in Mexico by Dinner. California Takes More Than a Week to Call It Stolen
California law calls an unreturned rental embezzlement, not theft. That label slows the police report and, under a 1981 U.S.-Mexico treaty, can let Mexico keep a truck caught in a crime.
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Denver Prosecutors Say Two Tow Owners Asked Crash Victims for Up to $8,000 and Forged Titles on Stolen Cars — Now 12 Face 187 Counts
The Denver tow truck indictment announced Oct. 8 charges 12 people, all between 23 and 30 years old, with 187 counts. Prosecutors say the group worked crash scenes in the Denver area and then pushed stolen vehicles through the state’s DMV on forged paperwork, according to CBS Colorado’s account of the indictment. Oscar Salinas and…
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Families Say Two Kids Survived a Chevy Bolt Crash, Then Died in the Battery Fire. California Let Those Damages Expire on Jan. 1
Families say a rented 2023 Chevy Bolt’s battery fire killed two children and two adults after a 2024 head-on crash in Riverside County. GM has moved the lawsuit to federal court.
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Toyota’s All-New RAV4 Plug-in Can Lose Power at Speed. Yes, the Last One Did That Too
Toyota is recalling about 31,000 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrids whose hybrid system can shut down at speed. The plug-in’s previous generation was recalled in 2023 for the same result.
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VW Has No Fix Yet, So 22,524 ID.4 Owners Have to Stop at 80%. It Chose Who’s Included Partly by Reading Their Charging Data
Volkswagen is telling 22,524 ID.4 owners to stop charging at 80% under a fire-risk recall with no known cause and no fix yet. It used the cars’ own charging data to decide who’s in.
