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….
Is Your Airbag a Killer?
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…
Expansion of Takata Airbag Recall: BMW Joins the Crowd
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…
Get Your Recalled GM Car Fixed, Along With A Gift Card
GM Offers Drivers Incentives to Fix Recalled Cars. While the federal government has issued a record fine to General Motors for its inaction on recalling cars with an ignition switch flaw and GM has been recalling record number of cars, many car owners have not have the potentially fatal problem fixed. Partly, this was because…
Chrysler Recall: Adds to 2014 Year of Recalls
Over 900,000 Chrysler sedans and SUVs add to recall total Recalls continue to plague carmakers, with Chrysler’s recent recall of vehicles with alternator failures and shorts in power mirror electrical connectors. General Motors has been faulted with not reacting quickly enough to ignition switch problems in its cars, so other manufacturers have been acting proactively…
Recall: Airbags in Cars From 7 Companies
Airbags, the Safety Device, Are Now At Fault Recalls have been in the news more than ever, with General Motors facing a record number of affected vehicles. But now several car companies have been affected by a recall of faulty airbags, all produced by the Japanese parts supplier, Takata. Almost 3 million Honda, Mazda and…
GM Recall: Ignition Switch Defect
General Motors Voluntarily Expands Recall to 1.4 million Cars GM doubled an ignition switch recall, a voluntarily recall of 2003-2007 cars that may experience a disablement of the engine and the air bags when the engine shuts off. The GM recall, which will correct an ignition switch flaw, expands an earlier recall of 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalts…
Recall: 2014 GMC Pickup Trucks
General Motors’ Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 are being recalled because the seat backs could fail if the trucks are hit from behind. 21,721 of the 2014 pickup trucks are affected; there have been no reports of crashes or injuries
Ford C-Max Refund
The Ford Motor Company announced a miles per gallon downgrade of its C-Max hybrid, and a refund of up to $550 to people who bought the car.