This Week’s Scary Car Death-Rate Rankings Didn’t Come From a Safety Regulator. They Came From Insurance Wearing a Lab Coat
Somewhere in the foothills of central Virginia, there’s a nonprofit that has spent more than...
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Ram Recalled 1.5 Million Trucks Over a Seat Belt Bolt. Stellantis Already Told Investors It Was Coming.
Stellantis didn’t need a technician crawling under a Ram 1500’s rear bench to figure out...
Kia ‘Fixed’ Its Telluride’s Flaming Seats In 2024. The Fix Could Catch Fire, Too.
Kia just told the owners of 462,869 Tellurides to park their SUVs away from the...
Wall Street Says Wireless Car Updates Are a $17 Billion Business. The Real Payoff Is Making Your Recall Invisible
Somewhere in the next year, your car might get recalled and you’ll never know it...
Tesla’s Test Drives Have No Chaperone. A Torched Hair Salon Just Showed Why That Matters
Tesla doesn’t work that way, and a new $10.3 million lawsuit out of Arlington, Virginia...
Ford Recalls 86,543 Mustang Mach-Es Because Its Factory Got Faster Than the Glue Could Handle
Ford wants owners to read this as a story about a rear window molding that...
Ford Buried a Timing Belt in Motor Oil to Save Gas — Now the Feds Say 135,000 Cars Are a Safety Risk
On a highway in Wilmington, Delaware, a Ford Focus driver watched an oil pressure warning...
Tesla ‘Fixed’ This Suspension Failure Twice Already. NHTSA’s New Files Say That Didn’t Work.
Federal safety regulators just opened a new investigation into Tesla’s front suspension. That’s not really...
Jeep Recalled 641 Wranglers Over Cracking Steel Wheels — Which Defeats the Entire Point of Steel Wheels
Jeep wants this to read as a story about 641 wheels. It isn’t. It’s a...
California Is Bragging About Falling Car Theft Numbers. It’s Suspiciously Quiet About Why
The California Highway Patrol wants you to know that vehicle theft fell 25 percent last...
Mercedes Recalled 310,000 Cars Over a Rollaway Risk, and the Parking Brake Was Never the Problem
Somewhere in a driveway right now, a Mercedes-Benz is trusting the wrong thing. Not its...
Rivian Blamed Its Mechanics for a Falling-Apart Rear Suspension. Two New Crashes Say That Wasn’t the Whole Story
Rivian already recalled its rear toe link once. NHTSA's new investigation shows that recall covered barely a sixth of the…
Ford’s Explorer and Aviator Can Now Recline Their Own Driver’s Seat, No Passenger Required
Ford just filed a new Explorer and Aviator seat recall, and the defect description alone...
Waymo and Uber Are Breaking Up Again, and This Time It’s About Who Vacuums the Back Seat
Nine years ago, Waymo dragged Uber into federal court and accused it of stealing the...
Ford’s Bronco Fire Fix Costs About a Dollar a Truck. Guess Who’s Stuck With the Rest of the Bill.
Ford will spend something like a dollar per truck fixing the wiring problem behind its...