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...
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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...
Genesis Just Recalled 94,760 Cars Over a Fuel Leak It Already “Fixed” Once Before
Genesis is telling nearly 95,000 U.S. owners that fuel can leak out of the connection...
Tesla Said FSD Can Handle Whiteouts. Now Federal Regulators Want Receipts.
NHTSA didn’t ask Tesla to fix a sensor this month. It didn’t ask for a...
Ford Recalled Every Bronco Built Since 2021 Over Fire Risk — But It Only Suspects 1 in 100 Is Actually Broken
Ford is recalling 565,691 Broncos and Bronco Raptors this week over a wiring defect that...
Your Headlights Aren’t Illegal. They’re Just Legally Blinding You.
Somewhere on a two-lane road tonight, a lifted pickup or a three-row SUV is going...
Tesla Engineers Wrote a Memo Called ‘Radar Saves Us.’ Then Tesla Ripped Out the Radar Anyway.
Somewhere in Tesla’s files sits a document titled “Radar Saves Us.” Two words past the...
Honda’s Rear Windows Keep Shattering For No Reason. Honda Found A Legal Word That Isn’t ‘Recall.’
Somewhere in Montreal last January, in the kind of cold that turns steering wheels into...