General Motors issued a recall for 38,197 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Buick LaCrosse and Regal sedans made in the 2012 and 2013 year with eAssist due to a potential malfunction with the generator control module. The result is a gradual loss of battery charge and illumination of the fault light. Resultantly, the engine may stall or [...]
Toyota Motor Corporation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have just issued a recall for 2007-2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser SUVs for “excessively bright headlights,” particularly with ones equipped with Toyota’s factory Auxiliary Driving Lamp kits—the ones that sit on the ram guard in front of the grill. The lamps are 55 watt bulbs from [...]
Nissan and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have just issued a recall for 2013 Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti JX models over an issue with the front main stoppers. The problem lies in the part where the brake caliper attaches to the front suspension assembly, which is known as the brake torque member. According to [...]
Reuters on behalf of AutomotiveNews has learned that Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, and Honda have issued a massive recall for nearly 3.4 million vehicles due to airbag supplier Takata Corp. The models seem affected seem to involve ones made in the early to mid 2000s. Toyota is recalling 1.73 million cars made in between November 2000 [...]
Hyundai and Kia in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have issued a recall for nearly 1.6 million models over a malfunctioning brake lamp, which not only is a safety hazard for drivers behind, but the defect apparently can inadvertently prevent the vehicle from disabling its cruise control system. Yikes. Additionally, the malfunctioning [...]
Honda in tandem with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for 2004-2008 model year Acura TSXes registered in select states that see heavy use from corrosive deicing substances. 2004-2008 Acura TSXes reguestered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, [...]
Toyota has officially announced a recall for 209,000 FJ Cruiser SUVs for faulty driver and passenger front seat belts, which are mounted on the rear suicide doors. The Japanese auto giant found that the seatbelt retractors are insufficiently mounted and that cracks could develop over time as the rear door sees use. That said, the [...]
Honda of America has issued a recall for some 101,000 model year 2005 Honda Pilots, 60,000 model year 2005-2006 Acura MDXs, and 21,000 model year 2005 Acura RLs for a defect involving the car’s Vehicle Stability Assist, or just plain stability control as its called outside of Honda’s patented vernacular. No crashes or bad experiences [...]
A previously reported recall for 13,500 Hyundai Velosters has been extended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The original recall was for ones equipped with optional panoramic sunroofs, which could shatter while the car was in motion. That said, an additional 6,071 units made in 2012 were recalled. The original recall was for Velosters [...]
BMW in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for a select group of 2007-2012 BMW models over an electrical fault. But there’s something rather interesting about this recall. In the press release, the issue apparently lies with the positive connectors on the batteries, where they were found to “degrade [...]
