Toyota Partners With Carma Project to Accelerate Vehicle Recalls
No car manufacturer likes to have to recall a model, but no manufacturer really commits to recalls quite like Toyota if they have to happen. Carma Project, a new peer-to-peer safety platform, today launched its first-ever social and incentive-based program. It is specifically designed to accelerate consumer response to vehicle recalls, and the Carma Project […]
Hyundai Accent Proves Its Reliability by Earning the Lowest Recall Rate
Recalls have been in the news a lot lately — from the Takata air bags to faulty ignitions. When you’re in the market for a car, especially a used car, having the right information about a vehicle’s recall history is important. Using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), iSeeCars, an automotive data […]
Life Is Hard, so Here’s a Grit Machine Named Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney
Life is tough. Huge data breaches are being covered up, our airbags are blowing up, and governments are revoking driver’s licenses if you fall behind on your loans—really, modern living is kind of a downer. So, it is important to laugh, even if it is at really goofy stuff. With that in mind, meet Gritsy […]
NHTSA, Maryland To Remind You to Get Your Defective Recalled Car Fixed, Already
In general, it seems that we Americans aren’t all that good at getting our defective, recalled vehicles fixed, even in the Era of Big Recall when issues include such problems as shrapnel-throwing airbags—the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that, on average, only 70% of recalled vehicles are actually repaired, making improving that percentage a […]
Global Steelmaker May Have Delivered Poor Quality Metal to Automakers, Lied About It for Over a Decade
We are truly in the gilded age of the enormous corporate scandal. However, this isn’t yet another time that Uber is in trouble or a company’s products are turning from safety measures to grenades—this time, the world’s third-largest steel producer, Kobe Steel, has owned up to lying over and over, starting more than 10 years […]
New Toyota Ad Campaign: Spend an Hour, Save Your Life
Toyota is launching a new multi-channel ad campaign in three priority markets: Los Angeles, Dallas, and Miami. The ad focuses on the massive Takata airbag inflator recall and urges drivers to take the time out of their day to get their airbag repaired, as the entire process will only take about an hour. Toyota is […]
Mazda Issues Recall on 2015-16 Mazda6 for Power Steering, Airbag Wiring Abrasion
The Zoom-Zoom brand seems to be pretty good about recalls—it’s highly involved with concluding the Takata airbag debacle, and even has its own Recall Information Center to better inform people if their specific vehicle has a recall. So, along those same lines, Mazda has issued a recall for a little under 58,000 2015 and 2016 […]
Defective Airbags and Alternators Lead to Two Separate FCA Recalls
Together, the two recalls affect a total of more than 1.3 million FCA vehicles
Two months ago, FCA issued a recall for more than 1.25 million Ram models due to a safety system error that was discovered in the vehicle. Today, the automaker announced a set of two recalls that roughly match the scope of that previous recall. More than 1.3 million FCA vehicles worldwide will be recalled due to […]
Recall Alert: Buick Recalls 800 Envision SUVs Due to a Head Restraint Installation Error
One of the fastest-selling vehicles in Buick’s current lineup is the Buick Envision. Last month, Envision sales were even up by 248.4%. Therefore, if you have bought one of these SUVs recently, then you are certainly not alone. With that said, you may want to look into a recent automotive recall that has been issued. […]
Recall Alert: FCA Recalls Nearly 297,000 Dodge Grand Caravans for Inadvertent Airbag Deployment
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been having a string of bad luck recently in terms of vehicle recalls. A month ago, the automaker recalled more than 1.25 million Ram trucks to address a safety defect. Since then, the automaker has gone on to recall every single Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid model delivered so far, due to malfunctioning […]
Why Are Cars so Boring? A Design Engineer Explains
Thousands of cars are produced every day and given how easy it is to imagine what an exciting, exotic car might look like, it seems strange that the vast majority are so boring. Do engineers just sit around in a room coming up with fresh new ways to disappoint customers and actively deny them cheap […]
For Sale: One Disgraced Airbag Manufacturer, to Good Home
In case you hadn’t heard, Takata Corporation has been raked over the coals for some time now, due to the fact that humidity and warm temperatures can ironically turn their airbag inflators into shrapnel-throwing grenades, creating the largest automotive recall in history. Now, the long process of fining and lambasting is coming to something of […]
You Need This Number When Shopping For Used Cars
There’s no questioning that recall notices seem to be piling up in the automotive world, for things as simple as abnormal rust to things as drastic as faulty airbags. When you purchase a new car, there are rules and laws to protect consumers and make sure that the vehicle they drive home is as safe […]
Hyundai Veloster Finally Gets the Performance Treatment It Deserves
The Hyundai Veloster is a vastly under-rated car, the kind of unique animal that bucks mainline design conventions and offers a truly aggressive drive at an affordable price. Despite this, the Veloster continues to lag in monthly sales. Hopefully the upcoming changes to the Veloster will light a fire under buyers, but in the meantime, there […]
Chevy Bolt to Use Over-The-Air Software Updates
Recalls have long been a problem for automakers (especially in the past few years). Not only is there the expense of fixing the problem, there is also deploying that information to the dealers, contacting the owners of the affected vehicles, and getting each to laboriously come in to the dealership to get the problem fixed. […]
Mazda Introduces Recall Information Center, So Please Get Your Car Fixed Already
Lately, it feels like we live in the era of the recall—we of course have the big four of the GM ignition switch recall, the Toyota accelerator recall, the Takata airbag recall, and the VW emissions-cheating recall, but automotive news in general is peppered with small recalls over things like faulty windshield wipers and leaking […]
“Car Matchmaker” Spike Feresten Talks to Us About Loving Porsches, Hating Crosstours, Writing “Seinfeld,” and Predicting Donald Trump
Although he hosted Talkshow with Spike Feresten for three years on Fox, Spike Feresten made his biggest contributions to the entertainment industry while working behind the camera. As a television comedy writer, Spike has few equals, with a resume that includes Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, and Seinfeld. His most […]
[VIDEO] Driving a Tiffany-Blue Rocket Bunny Scion FR-S
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As sporty coupes go, the Scion FR-S is definitely one of the most budget-friendly, whether it’s being sold as a Scion, a Subaru BRZ, or a Toyota 86 (or GT86, depending on your country). While its long list of monikers might make it seem like a complicated car, the FR-S is actually quite simple—until you […]