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Everything You Need to Know About Car Recalls

April 5, 2022 by Elizabeth Blackstock Leave a Comment

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You never know when your car might be recalled. From faulty airbags to improperly tightened bolts, there’s any number of reasons why a car might be recalled. A lot of folks are unsure of what to do about a recall, or even how to check if their car is impacted in any way, which is… 

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Filed Under: Maintenance, She Drives, The Car Life Tagged With: car recall, recall, recalls, safety

Warning Chevy Bolt EV Owners! There’s a Recall on Your Car

July 21, 2021 by Elizabeth Blackstock Leave a Comment

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Certain versions of the 2017-2018 Chevrolet Bolt are being recalled. If you own a Chevy Bolt, go park your car outside and away from homes immediately. Then head back here and read on — these cars may pose a pretty significant fire risk, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants you to know… 

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Filed Under: Chevrolet, Electric Tagged With: Chevrolet Bolt, chevrolet bolt ev, chevy bolt, chevy bolt ev, electric car, Electric Vehicle, nhtsa, recall

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

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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

Expansion of Takata Airbag Recall: BMW Joins the Crowd

December 24, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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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

Get Your Recalled GM Car Fixed, Along With A Gift Card

November 6, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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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… 

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Chrysler Recall: Adds to 2014 Year of Recalls

October 17, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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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… 

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Recall: Airbags in Cars From 7 Companies

June 25, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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… 

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GM Recall: Ignition Switch Defect

February 28, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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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… 

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Filed Under: News, Recalls Tagged With: GM, ignition switch, recall

Recall: 2014 GMC Pickup Trucks

October 12, 2013 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

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  

Filed Under: Recalls Tagged With: Chevrolet, General Motors, GMC, pickup truck, recall, truck

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