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…
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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...
Tariffs Are Shrinking, Recalls Are Piling Up, and Uncle Sam Just Handed You Your Wrench Back
Ford’s most recent U.S. sales report, filed with the SEC on July 2, shows second-quarter...
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…
Recall Fatigue Is Real: What to Actually Do When Your Car Gets Recalled
The recall notices keep coming, and after a while they all blur into the same...
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...
Open Car Recalls in the U.S.: The Big Active Safety Campaigns Right Now and What Owners Should Do
Vehicle safety recalls are simply a constant part of owning a car in the United...
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...
Ford Recalls 255,000 Focus Sedans Because It Can’t Prove a 2018 Recall Actually Worked
Ford has had a rough run with recalls lately, but this one stands apart from...
Ford Recalls Over 500,000 Expeditions After Chrome Trim Cuts 65 People
There are recalls that make you nervous about climbing into your car, and then there...
The Wire Rundown: Corvette Heist, Honda Recall, and Porsche Kills the Electric 911
The Auto Wire’s morning roundup of the stories actually worth your time, recapped fast, with...
880,000 Hondas and Acuras Recalled Over Rear Subframe Rust
Here’s a sentence you never want to read about your own car: the rear suspension...