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Latest Recall News Affects Toyota,Hyundai, Mazda, Kia, Porsche and Possibly Ford

October 27, 2017 by Kirstin Fuller Leave a Comment

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Don’t Let A Recall Derail Your Family Plans. Everyone is super busy with their daily lives in which our cars play a significant role.  Schedules and plans must be coordinated daily to make sure everyone makes it to work, school and yoga classes on time. Nothing can derail your plans like a car that has… 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: Ford, Ford Explorer, Hyundai, kia, Kia Sorento, Mazda, Mazda6. Hyundai Ioniq, Porsche, Porsche Cayenne, Recall news, Toyota Sienna

Latest Recall News Affects Mazda, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Dodge

September 20, 2017 by Kirstin Fuller 9 Comments

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You can’t fix it if you don’t know about it. Vacation season is over and the new school season is in full effect. Along with the new school season comes the never-ending drop off and pick up lines.  Is your car up to the challenge?  You may have scheduled and taken your car in for… 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: BMW, dodge, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Recall news

Latest Recall News Affects Chrysler, Audi, Buick and Hyundai

July 7, 2017 by Kirstin Fuller Leave a Comment

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Road trip season is here. Don’t park your plans due to an open recall! No one really wants to receive a recall notice in the mail.  Don’t think of them as a necessary evil, but as a friend.  It’s always better to know of a possible problem before hand than to learn of one during… 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: Audi, Buick, Chrysler, Hyundai, Recall news

Latest Car Recalls: Volvo, Jaguar, Chrysler and Takata Airbag Update

March 6, 2017 by Kirstin Fuller 11 Comments

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Car Recalls Are A Good Thing: They Keep You Safe. If you receive a recall notice, see one in the news or listed here, don’t put off making the fix. Not only are car recalls intended to fix something that might be a danger, but recalls might only be enforced for a short period of time and… 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: Chrysler Recall, Jaguar recall, Recall news, Takata airbag recall, Volvo recall

Recall News: Mercedes Benz, Land Rover, Buick, Nissan

January 12, 2017 by Kirstin Fuller Leave a Comment

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New Year, New Recalls: Don’t let a recall ruin your car, get it fixed! While we’re all enjoying the New Year and wishing we had more days off, we’re also thinking of our New Year’s resolutions.  If one of your resolutions is to take better care of your car, don’t let an open recall sideline… 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: Buick Recalls, Land Rover recalls, Mercedes-Benz recalls, Nissan recalls, Recall news, recalls

Recall News: Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes Benz

November 4, 2016 by Kirstin Fuller Leave a Comment

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Don’t let an open recall get by you. Get it fixed! The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 1/3 of recalled vehicles are never repaired. Since most recalls are not an emergency situation, you can have the car fixed when it’s convenient for you. So why wouldn’t you? Probably because you don’t know about it…. 

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Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: BMW recalls, Ford recall, GM recall, Mercedes-Benz recalls, recall

Is Your Airbag a Killer?

June 3, 2016 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

Takata

The Takata airbag recall gets scandalous. More and more defective airbags are being recalled, but in a strange twist, new cars and being sold that knowingly have the compromised airbags installed. According to Autoblog, there are three main areas of renewed concern: Some new Audi, Mistubishi and Volkswagen cars contain the Takata airbags. And Toyota… 

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Filed Under: News, Recalls, Safety & Driving Tagged With: airbag recall, recall, Takata, Takata airbag, Takata airbag recall

What The VW Emissions Recall Means For You

September 21, 2015 by Fadra Nally 4 Comments

What to do about your VW Diesel

If you’re like me, you may not follow every big news story out there, especially when it comes to business. When Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced their split, I was all over it. But another car recall? I’ll check to see if my car is involved and if not, I’ll probably move along. But… 

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Filed Under: News, Recalls Tagged With: affected models, Audi, clean diesel, defeat device, dieselgate, Volkswagen, Volkswagen emissions, VW recall

Mea Culpa: Fiat Recall in Hacking Plus Fines In Last Recall

July 27, 2015 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

Jeep recall

Bad week to worse for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Last week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) was in the news when one of its cars was remotely hacked, in a controlled experiment, and the automaker said it was fixing the software problem. Then things really went south. First, FCA recalled 1.4 million vehicles whose vulnerabillty was exposed… 

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Filed Under: News, Recalls Tagged With: FCA recall, Fiat Chrysler, Fiat Recall, Jeep Recall

Expansion of Takata Airbag Recall: BMW Joins the Crowd

December 24, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

Takata Airbag

National recall of Takata airbags In June, automakers who used airbags made by the Japanese company Takata issued regional recalls of cars in high humidity areas, where defective airbags could explode and injure drivers and passengers. The limited recall has expanded as first Honda, then Mazda, Ford, FCA (previously known as Chrysler) and now BMW have issued… 

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Filed Under: News, Recalls Tagged With: BMW, recall, Takata airbag

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