Chrysler Recalls Over 550,000 Trucks and SUVs in Two Separate Campaigns
29 Oct 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Ford announced only recently it's calling back approximately 205,000 crossovers due to premature rusting, Chrysler just beat that with two fell swoops. One of them affects a lot of Ram pi...
Ford Recalls Old Crossover Vehicles Over Rusty Fuel Tank
29 Oct 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Dearborn-based automaker just issued a new voluntary recall campaign. Blue Oval engineers found out through a thorough internal investigation that over 200,000 cars are prone to rust prematurely...
Imminent Recall: NHTSA Investigates Chrysler Over Two Broad Inquiries
28 Oct 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just two months are left until the end of the year but watchdogs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration aren't nearly done with their work. After the General Motors and Takata ve...
2015 Chrysler 200 Is a Very Safe Mid-Size Sedan According to the NHTSA
23 Oct 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The U.S. Department of Transportation's vehicle safety watchdog has recently awarded the all-new Chrysler 200 with a 5-star overall rating thanks to the protection this car offers in a crash si...
Takata Airbag Recall Update: Ford GT Supercar Affected Too
22 Oct 2014, 14:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA vehicle safety watchdog announced that the recent 4.7 million strong recall involving sub-standard Takata airbag inflators widened to 7.8 of them affected cars. This recall expansion adds ...
Takata Airbag Incident Fatally Injures a Woman
22 Oct 2014, 11:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Takata airbag saga started in April 2013, many safety experts and automotive publications expected things to turn from worse to worst. Just like the killer GM ignition switches, a recent re...
Takata Airbag Recall: 4.7 Million Cars Covered in the Latest Campaign
21 Oct 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Toyota's recent supplemental safety recall of approximately 247,000 cars equipped with defective Takata Corporation airbags? As it happens, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...
52 Million Vehicles Recalled in the US Year-to-Date, That's One in Every Five Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / All things considered, 2014 was the worst year in terms of vehicle recalls, especially in the U. S. of A. The previous yearly record was stood at 30.8 million cars back in 2004. However, 2014 saw th...
2015 Ford Mustang Recalled Over Safety Belt Issue
17 Oct 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang started just a few weeks ago, the Blue Oval recently announced the first ever recall of the sixth-gen pony car. Thankfully, only 53 examples of the br...
Alternator Failure, Electrical Glitch Lead to Chrysler Recalling Almost 900,000 Vehicles
17 Oct 2014, 08:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the NHTSA watchdogs: roughly 900,000 cars manufactured by the Chrysler Group are being recalled in two separate campaigns for problems that may lead to vehicle fire. So what are th...
Recall Alert: 291,703 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Vehicles Suffer From Faulty Ignition Switches
15 Oct 2014, 14:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the Chrysler Group began an investigation into wireless ignition node (WIN) module concerns, the American automaker notified the NHTSA it's recalling a whopping 291,703 vehicles over a fa...
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Approves 27 Death Claims So Far
15 Oct 2014, 06:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So far this year, the automotive world has seen many new highs such as the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the Mercedes-AMG GT. But like all aspects of modern life, the good things are oftenly...
Chrysler Recalls 184,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs
14 Oct 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With less than 78 days to go until New Year's Eve, the recall fiasco affecting U.S.-based automakers adds another considerable call back operation to its tally. This latest campaign covers an e...
Recall Alert: 220,000 Nissan Altima Vehicles Affected
10 Oct 2014, 17:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A lot of curious faults have forced automakers to recall their cars throughout this year. It all started with the notorious General Motors ignition switch saga and then the Toyota re-recall of namep...
Mitsubishi Recall: 203,000 Vehicles Affected, Lancer Evolution Too
10 Oct 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mitsubishi Motors North America is yet again hit by a hard one. The Japanese manufacturer says approximately 203,000 cars it produced need to be inspected by dealer service departments for three def...
Ram C/V Tradesman Van Recalled Over Airbag Defect
8 Oct 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Together with the 24,497 ProMaster units called in over non-compliant head restraints, Ram is also recalling a few thousand examples of the Ram C/V Tradesman for an uncommon software glitch. Docu...
Woop, Woop, That's the Sound of da Police Chevrolet Caprice Being Recalled
8 Oct 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sorry for the KRS One reference, but it's too darn funny a situation to not bring the iconic hip hop anthem into the limelight of this safety campaign. The NHTSA is at it again, this time annou...
NHTSA Investigates Ford Over Defective Power Steering Complaints
8 Oct 2014, 05:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a lot on its hands these days. The GM year-to-date recall tally surpassed the record 30 million mark, Chrysler has also been the subject of num...
Non-Compliant Head Restraints Made Chrysler Recall the 2014 Ram ProMaster Full-Size Van
7 Oct 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also known as the Fiat Ducato / Peugeot Boxer / Citroen Jumper in Europe, the Ram ProMaster is Chrysler's answer to the segment standard Ford Transit. The Blue Oval's full-size van was cal...
Cadillac SRX, Saab 9-4X, Chevrolet Spark Recalled
6 Oct 2014, 10:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you haven't bothered to keep count on General Motors' 2014 recall tally, October sees the number of individual recalls hike to 74, while the total of vehicles covered shyly surpasses 30...