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...
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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...
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...
Ford’s Latest Recall Letter For Almost 400,000 SUVs Is Basically Just An IOU
The defect itself already got the deep dive it deserves. The Auto Wire covered how...
Volkswagen Quietly Recalled 57,851 Atlas SUVs Over Vanishing Backup Cameras While Loudly Selling You the Next One
Volkswagen told federal safety regulators that 57,851 examples of the 2024-2026 Atlas and Atlas Cross...
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...
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...
One Faulty Chip Can Shut Down Almost Every New Land Rover On The Road — And There’s Still No Fix
Forget the part number for a second. The real story buried inside Jaguar Land Rover’s...
Ford ‘Fixed’ the Explorer and Aviator’s Collapsing Seats Last Year. It Didn’t, So Now There’s a Sequel
Ford just told federal regulators that almost 388,000 Explorers and Lincoln Aviators have second-row seats...
Nissan’s Biggest SUVs Have Been Wearing the Wrong Weight Label Since 2011, and Nobody Noticed
Nissan just told federal regulators that 168,149 of its biggest SUVs have been carrying the...
Norway Found a Remote Kill Switch in a Chinese Bus. Your Car Has One Too.
Last summer, engineers working for Oslo’s public transit agency drove two electric buses into an...