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2011 Ford F-150
Ford

Ford recalls thousands of F-Series pickups

According to the NHTSA several thousand Ford F-Series pickup trucks wearing 2011 and 2012 model years will be headed for a recall pretty soon. The problems that generated this action are due to a manufacturing issue that's not necessarily problematic in the real world, but misses to comply with some federal standards. Models affected by the recall are spread across...

Nissan Altima Hybrid
Nissan

Nissan Altima to showcase new CVT and hybrid tech

Nissan has recently been fighting off the image of a bit of a boring car maker they had from most of their models lately. Apart from facelifting the rather rare GT-R, they've unveiled the funky Juke and ended up creating a really weird CrossCabriolet. That's all very nice but at some point, the Japanese would have had to remember that...

2008 Honda Accord
Honda

Honda issues new recall for automatic transmission problems

There's exciting news out there but then there's stuff like this, recalls, problems and warnings from manufacturers or the NHTSA regarding the danger of owning or driving certain cars. Honda products have a general reputation for being reliable, incredibly easy to use and generally foolproof. Not this time though, quite a sizable number of them will be tested for a...

2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid
Nissan

Nissan Altima Hybrid is going through changes

Hybrids aren't what they used to be and it seems like the Japanese are still the ones to look to when trying to find out what's the latest thing. As Nissan is now teaching us, the days of the previous version of the Altima Hybrid drivetrain are gone. After initial reports about the Nissan Altima Hybrid being killed off we're...