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...
Safety
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...
Norway Went Hunting for a Chinese Kill Switch in a Bus. It Found Out Every Connected Vehicle Already Has One
Norway spent months trying to prove that a Chinese-built city bus could be remotely disabled...
10 Best Cargo Rack & Roof Rack Deals on Amazon Right Now
Every road trip eventually runs into the same problem: the trunk fills up before 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...
A Tesla Driver Blamed a Blackout for a Fatal Crash. His Car Was Still Taking Notes.
Every state in the country lets people with seizure disorders keep driving. That is not...
Florida Motorcyclist Fled Troopers Twice, Then His Own Bike Ratted Him Out By Catching Fire
The most important decision in this story doesn’t belong to the guy on the motorcycle....
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...
The Grappler Was Built To End Deadly Police Chases. Almost Nobody Actually Has One
Somewhere in Mesa, Arizona, in June of 2023, a fleeing driver who had just struck...
Your Dealer’s ‘Anti-Theft’ Upsell Turned Out to Be a Skeleton Key for 2.2 Million Cars
Somewhere in Southern California, a Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Ford, or Jeep dealership sold you a...
A California Junkyard Just Burned Down Again. Congratulations, That’s Seven Since March
Early Sunday morning, a fire tore through an auto wrecking yard on Crows Landing Road...
A Zoox Robotaxi Drove Blind Into a Wall of Smoke at a Fire Scene. A Human Had to Rescue It
On June 20, an empty Zoox robotaxi drove into a wall of smoke on a...