GM Issues New Recalls, Year-to-Date Tally Over 30 Million Vehicles
6 Oct 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Approximately 2 months remain until champagne bottles will be popping all over the world, yet GM hasn't got the best reason to celebrate. As it was expected, the 2014 General Motors recall tall...
Dodge Viper Recall: 1,912 Cars Affected
6 Oct 2014, 08:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Previously known as the SRT Viper, the two-door Chrysler Group V10 supercar is now the subject of a voluntary recall estimated to cover 1,912 cars. According to the American automaker, affected vehi...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Recalled for Brake System Defect
3 Oct 2014, 09:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also rebadged as the Peugeot iOn and Citroen C-Zero, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV was never a hot seller, be it Japan, Europe or the US. Despite the quite low sales volumes, some people actually bought suc...
GM Issues Stop-Delivery Notice, 117,000+ Cars to Be Recalled Over Chassis Control Module Defect
3 Oct 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The end of the current year is getting nearer, yet General Motors is still experiencing a lot of faults with new and older cars. This time around, GM is recalling 117,651 vehicles from the 2013 and ...
Chrysler Recall: 350,000 Cars from the 2008 Model Year Involved
26 Sep 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yes, you heard that right. Chrysler announced a safety recall covering a whopping 349,442 cars from the 2008 model year, all of them assembled before May 12th of 2008. What do these vehicles have in...
Does Mary Barra Deserve to Be On the Cover of Time Magazine?
26 Sep 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the so-called 'GM Recall Saga' might not ring a bell to people that don't watch TV regularly or aren't that much into the auto industry, the aforementioned is considered by...
Ferrari Recall: 458 Italia Isn't the Best Car to Kidnap People, Apparently
23 Sep 2014, 17:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's virtually impossible not to love the 458 Italia. Maybe you're not into the looks of nowadays Fezzas, but the mechanical side's credentials is hard to ignore. Boasting with a 4.5-...
GM Recall: Almost 133,000 Cadillac and Chevrolet Vehicles Affected
22 Sep 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Some of you might remember that the China-spec Cadillac XTS luxury sedan has been recalled recently for a problem with the control module software that governs the vehicle's brakes. But an...
Fiat 500L Recall: 25k Cars Affected
18 Sep 2014, 09:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Documents sent by the Chrysler Group to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and published by the latter inform that certain Fiat 500L vehicles are prone to a peculiar fault. The autom...
Toyota Recall: 20k Vehicles Fitted With Incorrect Tire Placard Labels
16 Sep 2014, 08:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. announced it's calling back an estimated 20,000 vehicles for a minor error. The Japanese automaker informs these cars have been fitted with TRD wheels or Toyota...
Ford Fiesta Door Latch Problem Determined the NHTSA to Probe 205,000 Vehicles
15 Sep 2014, 18:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 2014 is the year of record recalls, but it's also one of the most busy years ever for the peeps over at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The most recent large-scale investiga...
Chrysler 200 Recalled for Electrical Short Issue
15 Sep 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration inform that Chrysler is calling back a handful of 2015 model year 200 sedans over a minor fault. According to the automaker,...
Ford Recall: 203k Vehicles Affected
12 Sep 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Porsche North America announced it's recalling a mere 7 units of the Macan, the Blue Oval trumped that figure with the 203k cars that make up the two most recent Ford recalls. The two cam...
Porsche Macan Recall: US-spec Model Affected by Dodgy Brake Booster Installation
12 Sep 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the end of May, the most revered sports car manufacturer from Germany shocked with its announcement that 2,500 Euro-specification Macan compact crossover SUVs suffer from a badly installed brake ...
Cadillac ATS, Buick Encore Recalled Over Safety Belt Issue
11 Sep 2014, 14:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The newest General Motors-related safety recall covers certain model year 2013 Cadillac ATS and 2013 Buick Encore vehicles. According to documentation submitted by General Motors to the National Hig...
Mercedes-Benz Recall: GLK and S-Class Affected
11 Sep 2014, 14:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mercedes-Benz may be a byword for luxury and performance, but there's no car without fault these days, not even from the company that made the first ever automobile. MB USA announced recently t...
Chrysler Minivans Investigated by the NHTSA
10 Sep 2014, 14:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Someone submitted a complaint to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and that was enough for the agency to open an investigation into Chrysler-made minivans. The man told in his compl...
GM Recall Alert: Chevrolet Impala, Aveo, Pontiac G3 Affected
10 Sep 2014, 11:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This latest round of recall campaigns involves approximately 16,980 General Motors vehicles. Nameplates affected include the 2014 - 2015 Chevrolet Impala, 2009 - 2010 Chevy Aveo and the 2009 Pontiac...
2015 Kia Forte Awarded 5-Star Safety Rating by the NHTSA
8 Sep 2014, 16:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, the popular Kia Forte compact car received reinforced structural enhancements and an extensive list of safety features as standard. The second-gen 2015 Kia Forte four-door w...
GM Received 152 Reports of Problematic Saturn VUE Vehicles Covered in a Previous Recall
5 Sep 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / About a month ago we reported that General Motors announced 5 recall campaigns, with the biggest of the lot involving 202,115 units of the 2002 - 2004 Saturn VUE crossover. Fast-forward a month sinc...