Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 30th, 2007
Toyota Motor Co. is recalling over 58,000 “all-weather” heavy duty floor mats for the Lexus ES350 and Toyota Camry sedans, as well as the Avalon and Prius . The mats are sold as an accessory item for both cars through Toyota’s vast network of dealers. The problem is that the mats can slide forward and […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 28th, 2007
The huge Japanese industrial giant that is Honda, announced it was recalling over 165,000 cars in the U.S. over engine problems. Very uncharacteristic for Honda, who have a reputation for making very reliable and well built engines. Their engines have a reputation of lasting forever. Honda said the recall affected 2005 models of the Acura […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 27th, 2007
The more things change the more they stay they stay the same. An employee of a California automotive plant, run as a joint effort by GM and Toyota, is accusing both manufactures of letting serious defects go unchecked. Defects that were intentionally passed over included broken seatbelts, faulty headlights, inadequate braking, mirrors falling off, engine […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety on Nov 27th, 2007
Ford owned Volvo Cars announced a major recall involving over 58,000 vehicles worldwide. The cause of the recalls involves two separate problems, one of which could possibly cause a fire. Volvo Cars spokeswoman Maria Bohlin said 38,000 diesel cars of the S60, V 70 XC 70 and XC 90 models made in 2006 were being […]
Posted in Automotive, Financing, Recalls on Nov 16th, 2007
Nissan announced this thursday that it is recalling over 130,000 X-trail and Murano SUV’s because of a defect with their “Intelligent Keys”. A company spokesperson said that the lock device of the ignition key is not appropriately attached in some cars and it does not lock when the driver turns the engine off. No reports […]
Posted in Automotive, Cost of Ownership, Recalls, Safety, Warranties on Nov 10th, 2007
Volkswagen USA is issuing a recall concerning some 2005-2008 Jetta sedans and 2006-2008 Rabbit/GTI/R32 vehicles. It seems these select vehicles fail to fully conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108- Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment. What is the problem? Some vehicle may have missing or misplaced caps on certain aiming adjustments as […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety, Warranties on Oct 27th, 2007
More bad news for Toyota. In the midst of all their problems latetly Toyota has been forced to recall another 470,000 cars in it’s home market of Japan. This could not come at a worst time for the fledging Japanese auto giant whose quality has been slipping as of late in some very public ways. […]
Posted in Automotive, Recalls, Safety, Warranties on Oct 26th, 2007
Toyota Motor USA, issued a “warranty enhancement” yesterday for a problem with it’s 2004-2006 Sienna mini-vans. Though very similar, Toyota stress that this is not a recall of any sort even though, basically, it is. The problem affects almost all Sienna mini-vans for the U.S market. Around 592,100 affected Sienna owners should have been notified […]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews, Recalls, Safety on Oct 25th, 2007
Earlier this year, industry giant Consumer Reports has retracted it’s infant car seat study after a major discrepancy was found in their testing methods. The tests seemed to show that many of the infant seats wouldn’t protect babies from side impact collisions at around 38 mph. Most of the seats were ranked by the magazine […]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews, Recalls, Research, Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2007
Beginning in late October, Volkswagen will be notifying some 340,000 US sedan owners of a recall due to the vehicle’s headlights not meeting federal safety standards. The recall will affect the 2005 – 2008 Jetta models as well as the 2006 – 2008 Rabbit, GTI and R32 passenger cars. The problem is some of the low […]
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