Recalls

To give us a small respite from the never-ending recalls from GM, VW just decided to launch one of their own. The German manufacturer just announced that they will recall the Tiguan crossover, more specifically vehicles from the 2009 to 2014 model-years. There have been a few instances where air …

English manufacturer Fiat (you read that correctly: a few days ago, the formerly Italian company finished moving their executive office to London!) just announced a recall for the largest car in their lineup, the 500L. According to their engineers, the airbags that are supposed to protect the occupant’s knees might …

There have been fewer and fewer recalls in the last few weeks. Does that mean that the manufacturers have finally found a way to prevent their vehicles from developing problems? Apparently not, since Hyundai announced to the NHTSA that they have to recall almost a million Sonatas produced between 2011 …

There seems to be a problem with the ignition switch of an American car manufacturer: if the vehicle is jarred during driving (for example, when hitting one of our enormous potholes), the key may switch from the ON to the OFF position. This will not only cause the engine to …

Things are going from bad to worse for the ignition key fiasco at GM. With the recent addition of 7.6 million vehicles, the total number of targeted vehicles is now 27 million, officially becoming the biggest recall in the automotive world. It shot past the last record held by Ford …

What do Ford, Mazda, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan have in common (besides the fact that they all build 4-wheeled vehicles powered by gasoline engines)? Well, it would seem they all bought airbags from a manufacturer in Japan that may have quickly skipped over some important details when the …

Under the cover of an all-new identity, the Chevrolet Sonic is in fact the second-generation of the Chevrolet Aveo, so it comes as no surprise that some of its parts were made with cost-cutting in mind. For example, it would seems that 2012 Sonics equipped with the 1.8 litre engine …

Do you own a Subaru manufactured between 2005 and 2014? Does it have trouble braking? Don't worry, there's a recall for that! The Japanese automaker issued a recall for the majority of its sedans made in the last 10 years. Specifically, the 2005-2009 Legacy, 2008-2011 Impreza, 2005-2009 Outback, 2009-2013 Forester …

With the recent events in automotive safety, we are no longer that surprised when thousands of cars are recalled for a safety issue. A few months ago, the news of Toyota recalling more than 840,000 vehicles because of a passenger airbag that could explode would have created a panic reaction.

Something big just came up for GM: the ignition keys in some of their vehicles can be jolted from the ON position if the car runs over a speed bump or a nasty pothole. No, we are not just re-heating an old article; this is a whole new problem eerily …