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Texans from San Antonio, Bexar County and beyond, especially those who drive pickup trucks, should pay close attention to a series of recalls that were announced earlier this week. That is because some of the most popular vehicles on the market were issued recalls earlier this week. These recalls were announced this past Monday,…

Honda Airbag Recall Expands Again The recall of vehicles because of defective Takata airbags continues to grow. Late yesterday,  Honda Motor Co. announced that it has added an additional 772,000 in the United States to the number of vehicles they have already recalled, bringing the total Honda airbag recall to about 11.4 million vehicles….

Defective Accessory Leads to Latest Tesla Recall The number of recalls by car companies has reached monstrous proportions in recent years. In fact, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has calculated that the total number of vehicles that were subject to a recall in the last year has already topped 50 million. And…

Parking Brake Problem Leads to Honda Civic Recall Vehicle recalls have been setting records for several years now, and the numbers keep piling up. Too often, manufacturers put vehicles on the market and then find problems with them that could put vehicle owners and their families at risk and they have a duty to fix…

Now, There’s a GM Airbag Recall for a Software Problem The Takata exploding airbag issues are a serious problem, to be sure, because they involve airbags that may present a danger when they deploy. However, General Motors has possibly topped that, as they have issued a recall for 4.3 million vehicles because of a…

Fiat Chrysler America (FCA), like many car makers and other manufacturing companies, have a legal and a moral duty to recall all defective products as soon as they find out about the defect. This is especially true when it comes to potentially lethal products like passenger vehicles. Now, a month and a half after…

Driver Fatality Leads to Ford Airbag Recall According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2015 was a record year for vehicle recalls, led by recalls for airbags manufactured by Takata, and 2016 seems to be starting out as a continuation of that trend, with Ford’s announcement yesterday that it has issued a voluntary…

Toyota Motor Corporation announced yesterday that it will issue a voluntary recall of about 110,000 of its most popular vehicle models because of a defect that could potentially shut down the vehicle’s power steering assist.  At the same time, they announced a second recall of about 2,500 of its electric vehicles because of a…

Defective Power Steering Triggers Hyundai Recall Earlier this week, Hyundai issued a voluntary recall of more than 263,000 vehicles because of a potential problem with the power steering that could increase the risk of a crash. According to documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), this recall covers Elantra sedans from model…

Nearly 67,000 Chrysler Pickups Recalled Because of Ignition System Problem The end of the worst year for automobile recalls in history is ending the way it began, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC announcing a voluntary recall of about 67,000 pickup trucks from model years 2006 and 2007 because of a problem with the…