Ford Quietly Tested Its “Quality Comes First” Ads on Factory Towns Before Anyone Else Saw Them. That’s Not a Coincidence
Ford just won its first J.D. Power quality crown since 2010, and its new “Quality...
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The 2026 Ram 1500 Has Been Recalled Four Times for Wiring Since December. This Week It Was the Headlights.
Stellantis is recalling 12,592 copies of the all-new 2026 Ram 1500 because the headlights can...
BMW’s Brake Defect Has Survived Three Recalls in a Row. Yes, That Includes a Rolls-Royce.
Three times since February 2024, BMW has told a group of owners the same thing:...
Kia ‘Fixed’ the Telluride’s Fire-Prone Seats in 2024. Now It’s Recalling the Fix.
Kia just told the owners of nearly half a million Tellurides to park outside, away...
Kia’s Telluride Fire Fix Failed, So Kia Is Recalling Its Own Recall
Kia isn’t just recalling nearly 463,000 Tellurides for a fire risk this week. It’s recalling...
Audi’s Q5 Subframe Lawsuit Isn’t About Rust. It’s About Dodging a Recall.
A class action lawsuit over a rusted subframe sounds like the kind of story you...
Ford Recalled 110,000 Mustangs This Week — and Still Doesn’t Have a Fix for Either Problem
Ford told more than 110,000 Mustang owners this week that their cars have a safety...
The Cadillac Vistiq Seat Recall Is Really About the Safety Rule That Doesn’t Exist Yet
GM's fix for the Vistiq's trapped-seat defect requires new hardware, not a software patch like Hyundai used for a nearly…
Ford Recalls 66,000 Lincoln and Explorer Hybrids Because the First Fix Didn’t Fix It
A car that’s too quiet is, legally speaking, a defective car. That’s the part of...
The Auto Wire Week in Review: VW’s Job-Cut Bombshell, a Wave of Recalls, and the Wildest Police Chases
Volkswagen spent the week weighing the kind of job cuts that reshape a company’s identity,...
What Your Dashboard Warning Lights Are Actually Trying to Tell You
Your dashboard is trying to talk to you. Here's which warning lights mean 'handle it eventually' and which mean 'pull…
Hyundai Recalls 96,310 Tucsons Over a Dashboard That Might Reboot Mid-Drive
There’s a specific kind of automotive anxiety reserved for the moment an instrument cluster goes...
A Loose Nut Just Sent GM’s Oldest, Least-Changed Vans Back to the Shop
The Irony Here Is Hard to Miss The two oldest vehicles in General Motors’ entire...
Today in Cars: VW’s Reckoning, California’s Tracking Standoff, and Toyota’s Trust Problem
Four stories are worth your attention before you head out the door today, and they...
Toyota’s Tundra V6 Recall Won’t Replace Every Bad Engine, and Owners Aren’t Having It
A Software Check, Not a Guaranteed Swap If you bought a Toyota specifically because you...