Recalls

Toyota Recalling 116,000 Hilux Pick-ups in Australia

8 Sep 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Toyota recall saga, one of the blackest pages in the company’s and the automotive industry’s history book, continues even today.The latest dark episode comes from Australia, where To...

Pontiac Vibe Recalled Due to Faulty Engine

6 Sep 2010, 12:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Back in January, the Pontiac Vibe was caught in a Toyota recall involving faulty accelerator pedals, due to the fact that the Vibe is basically a Toyota Matrix model, engineered and built by Toyota ...

Suzuki Recalls 20,000+ Vehicles Due to Fire Risk

6 Sep 2010, 10:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Garmin’s announcement made last week that it is recalling the nuvi portable GPS due to the fact that the battery can overheat and cause a fire, it’s now Suzuki’s turn to issu...

Kia Recalls Soul, Sorento

3 Sep 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After in the middle of last month news of the NHTSA having begun an investigation into possible steering issues regarding the new Kia Soul model have surfaced, another problem with the model now com...

Ferrari Recalls the 458 Italia Due to Fire Risk

2 Sep 2010, 11:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / On many occasions, when you see a Ferrari 458 Italia, the vehicle is in the middle of forward surge, accelerating like there’s no tomorrow. However, it seems that the supercar’s parent i...

Ferrari to Begin 458 Italia Recall [Rumor]

28 Aug 2010, 10:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fires which have wreaked havoc among the brand new 458 Italia models is likely to prompt a recall made by the Italian manufacturer, shortly after news of Ferrari launching an investigation into ...

Ford Recalls Half a Million Windstars

28 Aug 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new recall, this time involving American manufacturer Ford, has hit the US consumers after yesterday the Japanese from Toyota announced over 1 million Corolla, Matrix and Vibe models will be calle...

Toyota Recalls Corolla, Matrix, Vibe

26 Aug 2010, 20:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just about when the automotive industry was getting ready to leave behind the huge recall Toyota was forced to do at the beginning of the year, the Japanese have done it again and announced another ...

Mazda3 and Mazda5 Recalled in the UK

23 Aug 2010, 13:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier today Japanese manufacturer Mazda announced it will begin recalling previous generation Mazda3 vehicles in Australia, the British division of the manufacturer did the same thing, but a...

Mazda Recall Expands to Australia

23 Aug 2010, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The problems Japanese manufacturer Mazda is experiencing with the Electro Hydraulic Power Assist System (EHPAS) of the previous generation Mazda3 model are expending to Australia as well. The carmak...

Nissan Recalls 2010 Frontier Due to Faulty Child Seat Anchorages

18 Aug 2010, 06:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nissan is issuing a service campaign in the U.S., calling back 951 Frontier vehicles that have been manufactured from June 10, 2010 through June 26, 2010. According to the official notice posted on ...

GM Recalls 240,000 Crossovers

17 Aug 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it is recalling no less than 243,403 vehicles to fix a potential problem with the second-row safety belts, a problem which in some cases may “make an o...

NHTSA Investigating Kia Soul with Faulty Steering

17 Aug 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After so many complaints over Toyota's faulty brakes, every single report that pops out and tells us about some kind of glitch affecting a certain model deserves our full attention. The last st...

Mazda Recalls Over 200,000 Cars Due to Power Steering Failure

16 Aug 2010, 12:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / At the beginning of last moth, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 48,764 BMW and 293,787 Mazda vehicles due to a power steering issue, after it had ...

Honda Fixing Battery Software for 90,000 U.S. Civic Hybrids

11 Aug 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda is issuing a service campaign in the U.S., calling back 90,000 Civic Hybrids due to a faulty software that could lead to a decrease in the life of the vehicles’ nickel-metal batteries, a...

Mercedes-Benz Recalls 3,500 G-Klasse Vehicles Due to Turn Signals Issue

11 Aug 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive industry seems to be following a new rule: new day, new recall. Whether they are severe or not, or involve an important or just a limited number of vehicles, call-back campaigns just ...

Honda Recalls 383,000 Cars Due to Rollaway Hazard

10 Aug 2010, 06:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems like not only are automotive companies from around the world issuing one recall after another, but the campaigns are also affecting a serious number of vehicles, thus become an extremely se...

Yamaha Recalls 2006-2010 YZF-R6

9 Aug 2010, 14:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Yamaha recently announced it is recalling 54,000 certain model 2006 through 2010 YZF-R6 motorcycles manufactured from August 2005 through March 2010 due to a faulty pl...

Volkswagen Passat Investigated for Fire Hazard

4 Aug 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Recalls have become a part of the automotive world’s everyday life, with auto producers form all parts of the world being affected by various types of issues. The latest news of this kind c...

NHTSA Expanding Ford Windstar Corrosion Investigation

2 Aug 2010, 10:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Ford Windstar is now affected by a new safety-related issue, with the U.S. authorities announcing that they are expanding their investigation of the minivan, adding a second component that seems...