April 25, 2024
Saab

Saab Recalls the 2010 and 2011 9-3

It had been a while since we spoke of a new recall so might as well find out about what happened at Saab this Sunday morning. The Swedish have announced that they are going to be inviting all 2010-2011 Saab 9-3 owners in to the dealers for a cup of coffee.

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Honda

Honda sends Accord and CR-V in for a recall

Mistakes do happen don’t they, cars are made by humans so I guess they do. This is why Honda has decided to recall several models of the Accord and CR-V. According to the NHTSA’s latest press release, Honda will be notifying owners of just over 2.000 cars about their cars being called in.

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Toyota

Toyota recall makes a comeback

Somehow, Toyota can’t manage to avoid the previous problems, especially when it comes to mentioning legal repercussions of the unintended acceleration situation. Boy did I ever say that politically. Toyota screwed up big time and they paid through the nose for it.

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Ford

Ford taking us into the New Year with a recall

I guess it can’t be all good cheer and happiness, sometimes the down side catches up no matter what the occasion. This is certainly the case for Ford as they’ve just announced a pretty big recall on their biggest seller the F-150 pickup and on the Ford Edge with the Lincoln MKX.

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Chrysler Dodge

Chrysler minivan makes for a massive recall

It may be the time to go shopping for Christmas presents but don’t take the kids with you or even the car you haul them in. Well, at least not if you have a Chrysler minivan. If you own a Chrysler minivan you may want to avoid it yourself for a while.

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Toyota

A voluntary recall issued for the Toyota Sienna

Ah Toyota, it’s the car company that’s almost always been named in the same sentence as the word “recall”. And what do we have here, Toyota has just issued a voluntary recall for one of their models, the Sienna minivan. Now that’s a surprise.

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Volvo

Volvo owners, ready yourselves for a recall

It just seems that we can’t have a week go by without a new recall. Am I wrong for wanting that to happen? The company affected this time is Volvo and the model that will be hitting dealer garages is… erm, more than one.

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Jaguar

Jaguar recalling XJ because of windscreen wiper problems

It seems that while the British at Jaguar are clearly moving forward since the Indians took over. Every now and again, massive leaps forward do imply a few mistakes along the way. This is just the case of the new Jaguar XJ.

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Buick Cadillac

Safety recall involving Buick and Cadillac sedans

According to an investigation done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed some problems with the 2010-2011 model years of the Buick Lucerne and the Cadillac DTS. As a result, all of the Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS owners with this particular model year should soon visit their dealers because of a few safety

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Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz posts a new recall

The Americans at the NHTSA have caught the Germans at Mercedes-Benz out with some problems. Sadly, the problem Mercedes is experiencing has lead to a very big recall on quite a few of the Stuttgart based manufacturer’s models.

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Suzuki

A new recall done by Suzuki for the SX4

The Japanese manufacturer specialized in small light cars and off-roaders has just announced that they will be recalling a load of Suzuki SX4s. The Suzuki SX4 is recalled because there is a problem with the side view mirrors and the way they have been screwed on.

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Nissan

Nissan world wide recall

The Japanese at Nissan seem to have made a bit of a mistake with their cars and even the Infiniti brand suffers from it. The problem is that this mistake Nissan made will lead to a world wide recall for 2.1 million of their products. At first, the problem is not that big as it’s

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BMW

BMW N54 engine’s fuel pump problems degenerate into lawsuits

BMW’s previous 3 liter, twin-turbocharged six cylinder engine, the N54 series has been racking up a few complaints and even a series of lawsuits due to an apparently faulty fuel pump. The fuel pump problem manifests itself intermittent stalling, backfiring and loss of power of the engine and the alarmingly high failure rate has lead

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Volvo

Volvo issued a recall over airbag problems

After posting news of a pretty important recall to come from Chrysler the NHTSA has yet more information to unsettle drivers. According to the announcement made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this recall affects a total of nearly 10.000 vehicles produced by Swedish automaker Volvo.

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Chrysler

Chrysler announces recall over power steering issues

And here’s some news to worry those of you who are Chrysler owners, your car may be subjected to power steering issues and you’ll have to have it checked out by a dealer soon. The NHTSA has been notified and they made the announcement of just over 26.000 Chrysler vehicles of different models that are

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Isuzu

Isuzu hits the recall list

It seems that a recent wave of recalls concerning some issues with the excessive frame rust problem that affected lots of vehicles in the US hasn’t slipped in getting to those that feature an Isuzu badge on the back. The NHTSA announcement comes as a bit of a surprise to the US population as Isuzu

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Volvo

2010-2011 Volvo recall

Yesterday the Swedes over at Volvo made an unfortunate announcement concerning a recall of some 2010 and 2011 model year vehicles that have been sold worldwide. The recall concerns 29,299 cars worldwide of which 536 have been sold in the U.S. and around 6,700 finding home in the U.K.

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VW

Volkswagen Routan minivan recalled

Volkswagen USA has just announced that they will be recalling almost 16.000 Routan minivans over a possible fire hazard discovered. The current recall is the fourth to be made this month after General Motors, BMW and Chrysler issued recalls on certain models for problems that could lead to a fire.

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General Motors

GM recalling over 1.5 million cars worldwide

Numerous General Motors cars and trucks sold globally will be recalled by GM due to a problem with the wind shield wiper fluid heating system. While the recall concerns a total of 1.53 million Buick, Hummer, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and Saturn models, most of them have been sold in the U.S. with an estimated 1.36

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Chrysler Jeep

Massive 2006-2010 Jeep Wrangler recall

Yet another recall news frightens the motorists, in particular the owners of any Jeep Wrangler that was produced between May 15, 2006 and August 9, 2010. The Jeeps produced within this period total up nearly 300.000 (288,968 to be precise) units and they are troubled by their brakes.

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