VW’s Atlas Water Pump Can Cause ‘Catastrophic Engine Failure.’ Volkswagen’s Fix Is a Claim Form, Not a Recall.
Somewhere in a New Jersey federal courthouse, Volkswagen’s own lawyers signed off on a sentence...
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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...
Stellantis Just Recalled 1.5 Million Ram 1500s Because Somebody Forgot to Tighten a Bolt for Eight Years Straight
Forget the number for a second. One and a half million trucks sounds like the...
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...
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...