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Ford Settles the Transit Trail Tire-Rub Lawsuit: $6,000 per Van, Here's Who Qualifies
Original buyers of 2023–2024 Transit Trail vans can claim $6,000 each by January 15, 2027, but used-van owners and fleet buyers are left out.
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Ford Wants $1 Billion Back From Warranty and Parts. Here's What Quality Costs It
Ford holds $17.6 billion for future repairs and accrues about twice as much per car as Hyundai, while promising less coverage. Here's where the money goes.
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Ford Tailgate Cable Recall Hits 30,123 F-150 and Super Duty Trucks, Fix Due in January
A supplier's broken crimping die left some 2026 F-150 and Super Duty tailgate cables weak. The replacement won't reach dealers until mid-January.
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NHTSA Opens Two Ford Probes: Godzilla V8 Cam Wear and a Maverick Camera Fix
A petition says the 7.3L V8 can wear out its cam and lifters at idle, and NHTSA is checking whether a 2024 Maverick camera recall fixed anything.
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Toyota Sienna Recall: 228,367 Hybrid Minivans Get a Software Fix for Unlocking Seatbacks
Seat belt pretensioners can shake the second-row recliners loose in a frontal crash. Most vans get an SRS software update; about 200 Mobility-as-a-Service vans get new seatbacks.
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Audi Recalls 9,048 Q4 e-tron EVs for Battery Fire Risk — Owners Told to Stop at 80%
Audi doesn't know what is causing the battery fault in 9,048 2024–25 Q4s. It is the second VW Group EV in a month to get the same charging cap.
Opinion
Recall Count Is the Worst Way to Judge a Car. Here's the Right One
Ford, Toyota, Porsche, Land Rover, and Hyundai filed recalls this week. The smallest carries the most urgent warning, which is why the count tells you so little.
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Land Rover Recalls Nearly 94,000 Range Rovers Over Water-Damaged Backup Cameras
Water can pool around the rearview camera on every 2022–2026 Range Rover built through early June. The fix is free, but repairs haven't started yet.
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Porsche Tells 548 Owners to Stop Driving Their GT3s and Turbos Over Wheel Bolts
A new NHTSA filing adds 548 cars to the 2024 center-lock bolt recall. Wheels can detach, so Porsche wants the cars parked until a dealer inspects them.
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Toyota Recalls Nearly 106,000 Land Cruisers Over a Fuel Leak It Can't Yet Explain
A fuel tube on the tank can disconnect and leak, raising the risk of fire. Owner letters go out from Nov. 29, and Toyota still can't say why.
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Ford Is Recalling 102,159 Super Duty and F-150 Trucks Over Erratic Speedometers
A Visteon-built analog cluster can freeze its needles. Ford will swap the module on every affected truck for free, but owners won't see a repair letter before December.
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Your Car Says ‘Park Outside.’ Here’s What You Actually Have to Do
Nearly 3.2 million U.S. vehicles carry an unrepaired fire-risk recall that tells owners to keep them out of the garage. Here is what the notice obliges you to do, and the 13 campaigns active in October.
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Hyundai Recalls 94,622 Genesis Sedans for Seat-Motor Fire Risk — and Tells Owners to Park Outside
A jammed power-seat switch can run the motor until it burns, so Hyundai wants 2015–2020 Genesis and G80 sedans parked away from buildings until a fix arrives — nearly five years after the first U.S. fire was reported.
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Honda Is Recalling the Recall: 4,804 CR-V and Accord Hybrids Got the Wrong Tire-Kit Part
Supplier TEK mixed old nozzles in with the new ones, so some owners who already had the June fix left the dealer with the same part Honda was replacing. VIN lookup opens October 17.
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Ram Recalls 265,000 ProMaster Vans Because Water Can Kill the Power Steering
Corroded wiring can cut steering assist on 2022–2026 ProMaster vans, including the electric version. Owner letters start November 17, and the fix is free.
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Mercedes Widens S-Class Brake Hose Recall to 30,000 Cars After Its First Theory Failed
The front brake hoses on 2022–2025 S-Class, Maybach and AMG S 63 models can rupture without warning. Mercedes first blamed climate, then widened the recall by nearly 10,000 cars.
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Toyota Recalls 31,000 RAV4 Plug-In Hybrids — Owner Letters May Take Until December
A control-unit fault can shut down the hybrid system at speed. The fix is a free software update, but Toyota won’t finish notifying owners until early December.
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VW ID.4 Recall: Don’t Charge Past 80% Until Volkswagen Finds a Fix
Volkswagen says it hasn’t found the cause of a battery defect in 22,524 ID.4s. Owners get a charging cap and a warning sticker while a repair is developed.
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Ford Recalls 41,748 Expeditions and Super Duty Trucks Because LED Headlights Can Go
A contaminated LED chip from a sub-supplier can knock out low beams, high beams, or running lights — and Ford is only recalling vehicles that are unsold or under four months old.
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Rivian's R2 Gets Its Second Recall — This Time for a Battery Fastener That Can Cut Power
Just 14 SUVs are affected, and all are already in Rivian's shops, but it's the new R2's second recall in 13 days — this one a hardware fix, not a software update.