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Honda recalls 800,000 more vehicles for parking brake failure

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

This hasn't been a good past few months for the auto industry. We've written about ten different recalls this year alone, and while that certainly doesn't count all of the recalls that have happened, that's still a lot of cars that are at risk of some big problems. Honda is the latest to issue a recall, saying that 800,000 of their vehicles are at risk of rolling away due to a potential parking brake failure. Read The Full Story

BMW issues recall on 2009 through 2012 X5 diesel SUV

, Dec 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's always seemed that vehicle recalls come in spurts, and the automotive industry is definitely in one of those spurts right now. The latest automaker to issue a significant recall on one of its vehicles comes from BMW. BMW has issued a voluntary recall on 2009 through 2012 BMW X5 diesel SUVs. Read The Full Story

Volkswagen recalls some new Beetles over airbag concerns

, Nov 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

If I'm being honest, the only time I ever thought of the Volkswagen Beetle as cool was when I was eight and Herbie the Love Bug was popular. VW continues to sell a lot of the new Beetle and if you own one you need to beware of a new recall. Volkswagen issued a recall on some 2012 and 2013 Beetle coupes. Read The Full Story

Toyota recalls another 2.8 million cars due to steering and water pump issues

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

I'm beginning to wonder what exactly is going on with Toyota. It seems like every time we turn around Toyota is issuing a new recall covering hundreds of thousands of its vehicles for one fault or another. Today Toyota has issued a recall on another 2.8 million cars. Read The Full Story

Chrysler recalls 745,000 Jeeps for faulty airbag

, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee or a Jeep Liberty with a model year of 2002, 2003, or 2004, then you might want to head to your nearest Chrysler dealership and get it looked at. Chrysler is recalling 744,822 Jeeps because a part in the airbag control module may possibly fail, according to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read The Full Story

Sony stops Xperia tablet sales due to defect in some units

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sony has stopped selling its Xperia tablet after discovering a manufacturing defect in some units. Tablet sales were put on hold after Sony found that there were gaps between the screen and the case on some units and that left the machines vulnerable to water damage. A gap between the screen and the case of a tablet that is supposed to be water resistant is a significant problem. Read The Full Story

General Motors recalls almost 41,000 vehicles due to fuel leak risk

, Oct 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

GM has announced that it's instituting a significant recall on a number of vehicle models due to the risk of fuel leakage. The recall covers almost 41,000 General Motors models, including the Pontiac G5 and Torrent, Chevrolet Cobalt and Equinox, and Saturn Ion. The recall covers specific year models in each affected vehicle. Read The Full Story

Chrysler recalls 87,000 2010 Jeep Wranglers

, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Chrysler has recalled 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in 2010 model year due to the risk of fire. The recall only affects Wranglers from the 2010 model year that are equipped with an automatic transmission and rolled off the assembly line before July 14, 2010 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read The Full Story

Ford Focus recalled over wiper problems

, Apr 7th 2012 Discuss [4]

There is an insane number of intricacies when it comes to building a car. Even something as seemingly innocuous as the windshield wipers need to be assembled perfectly or there could be reasons for concern. Case in point - the latest automobile recall that targets more than 140,000 Ford Focus cars on the market. It's a problem that lasted for more than a year before Ford realized it and fixed it. Read The Full Story

Lenovo recalls 50,500 ThinkCentre desktop PCs

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Lenovo is recalling about 50,500 desktop PCs due to a defect with the power supply that poses a fire hazard. The models being recalled are the ThinkCentre M70z and the M90z, both all-in-one PCs featuring displays with multi-touch support. Only certain units built between May 2010 through January 2012 are affected. Read The Full Story

Kia Optima and Kia Rondo recalled amid faulty airbags

, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [1]

There's another recall on the books, auto owners, this time for 146,000 Kia vehicles on the road due to faulty airbag systems. The models you've got to look out for at the 2006-08 Kia Optima as well as the 2007-08 Kia Rondo, and the situation is that the spring system in the drivers side of the vehicle may become damaged over time - this resulting in no airbag deployment in crashes, that being bad. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administered this recall alert this week. Read The Full Story

BMW Mini recall hits 235,000 vehicles

, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

All the way over in Frankfurt there's been an announcement that BMW has recalled some 235,000 vehicles in their Mini brand across the world, citing an electric water pump malfunction as the reason why. What happens with this water pumps is that when it's supposed to be cooling the turbo charger, it can malfunction and cause the connected electronic circuit board to overheat. This malfunction can then cause the circuit board to smolder or outright catch fire. Mini drivers that this recall might affect should expect communication starting next month. Read The Full Story
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