Official: Toyota Recalls 3,8 Million Cars in the US
25 Nov 2009, 15:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is official. Toyota Motor Corp will reshape or replace the accelerator pedal on 3.8 million vehicles. The company’s biggest recall will involve reconfiguring the shape of the pedals in orde...
Toyota Tundra Rust Recall Official
25 Nov 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s official. Toyota Motor Corp will recall 110,000 Tundra trucks from the 2000-2003 model years due to excessive rust on the vehicle's frame. Things look even worst, as government offic...
Volvo Recalls 9,600 2010 XC60
19 Nov 2009, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is perhaps one of the most rarely seen recalls, Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it is forced to send bank for servicing 9,667 XC60 vehicles, manufactured in 2010, due to a driver's sea...
Toyota to Spend $5 Billion to Replace Accelerator Pedals
18 Nov 2009, 10:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is far from finding a solution for its biggest recall ever. After trying to start a recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Japanese manufacturer might aft...
Chrysler Recalls 84,000 Dodge Calibers
13 Nov 2009, 16:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chrysler announced today it is recalling over 84,000 2007 Dodge Caliber vehicles, due to the... windshield wiper. Apparently, the excessive use of the wiper may make it inopera...
VW, Audi, SEAT, Skoda Models Recalled Due to DSG Glitch
12 Nov 2009, 11:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Group has issued a massive recall for several models produced by the brands it owns, including Skoda and SEAT. It appears the German manufacturer discovered a malfunction in the DSG syste...
NHTSA Goes at War with Toyota
5 Nov 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) publicly expressed their position on Japanese carmaker's Toyota floor mat problem, accusing it of providing inaccurate and misleading ...
Chrysler Recalls 2010 300, Dodge Challenger
3 Nov 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today issued a recall for several models belonging to the brands owned by the US-based manufacturer. The recall concerns 2009-...
Toyota Mails Warning Letters on Deadly Floor Mats
3 Nov 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Toyota, together with its luxury division Lexus, announced today it began issuing and mailing owners of vehicles affected concerning the floor mats problem, stressing that there is...
GM Recalls 53,000 Cobalt, Saturn Ion, Pontiac G5
2 Nov 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it is recalling around 53,000 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007 Saturn Ion and Pontiac G5 vehicles, sold in the states of Arizona, Texas, California, Florida an...
Toyota Urges Consumers to Remove Floor Mats
30 Oct 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is still looking at ways to resolve its largest recall ever but before finding a final resolution on the matter it urged all owners of the affected models to remove the floor mats from their ...
Toyota's Largest Recall: No Brakes at All?
27 Oct 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is still struggling to deal with its largest recall ever - approximately 3.8 million cars are recalled in the United States due to an incompatible floor mat - and new details have emerged tod...
Nissan Recalls 164,000 Rogue on Steering Gear Issue
26 Oct 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The somewhat abundant number of recalls in the US this year will grow in the following months with some 164,000 2008-2009 Nissan Rogue models, being sent to servicing due to a screw in the steering ...
NHTSA Looking Into Honda Odyssey Brake Problems
26 Oct 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another Japanese manufacturer fell under the spotlight last week in the US, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reportedly looking into a potential brake issue with Hond...
Audi Australia Recalls A3 and TT Due to Faulty DSG
26 Oct 2009, 08:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Even premium manufacturers make mistakes. And as to any mistake, it’s really hard to come clean and take the blame for any faulty system they might have decided to put on their cars. As people...
Tata Nano Is On Fire
23 Oct 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And we are not talking about sales figures and orders...The cheapest car in the world is facing its first possible major problem less than six months since its launch. According to a report by just-...
Toyota Recalls 80,000 Yaris Due to Fire Risk
22 Oct 2009, 08:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After confirming its largest recall ever - 3.8 million cars are recalled in the US after discovering that a loose floor mat could interfere with the throttle pedal - Japanese manufacturer Toyota is ...
Toyota to Spend $440M on Loose Floor Mat Recall
21 Oct 2009, 13:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota's largest ever recall might cost the Japanese company around $440 million in case the manufacturer decides to inspect the vehicles and fix the accelerator pedals. Toyota has already advi...
Fail: Electra Recalls 2009 Bicycles
16 Oct 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Vehicle recalls are something we got used to, even if some of them are referring to minor glitches such as the lack of a sticker or something like this. But it appears bicycles have glitches too and...
2009 - 2010 Pontiac Vibe Recalled
14 Oct 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if Pontiac Vibe is officially discontinued, this doesn't necessarily mean that various glitches or malfunctions are not occurring every once in a while. General Motors is now recalling 200...