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On April 24, General Motors issued its largest recall of 2025 so far. It affects 597,630 full-size trucks and SUVs from 2021 through 2024, including the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Suburban, and Tahoe. The GMC Sierra 1500 and Yukon are also in the recall, as is the Cadillac Escalade. These vehicles…

If you're in Hawaii and you have a 2021 through 2025 Yamaha MT-09, MT-10, Tracer 9 GT+, or XSR900, then you'll want to know about a new recall issued by Pure Sports Distributing, Inc. For the record, that's Yamaha Motors' Hawaiian distributor, which filed this safety recall with the US…

It turns out "Made in America" means a lot less when you pop the hood (or frunk) of your new car. With Trump's new 25% auto tariffs setting in this morning like a regulatory bulldozer, the whole EV market—we're talking cars assembled in China to Hyundais assembled in Georgia—is suddenly staring…

For well over a decade, drivers around the world have enjoyed better headlights. Adaptive Drive Beam (ADB) moves beyond the old-school binary of high and low beams, taking advantage of modern lighting technology that allows parts of a headlight’s beam to dim for oncoming drivers, reducing glare. In America, the…

Federal regulators have launched an investigation into 1.3 million Ford F-150 trucks due to potential transmission issues causing unexpected gear downshifts.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injuries were the fourth leading cause of death in the country in 2020, affecting hundreds of thousands of lives.

The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it's opened an investigation into the 2015-2017 Ford F-150 over a possible transmission defect. The investigation, first reported by Reuters, is over reports that the transmission could unexpectedly downshift when the vehicle is at highway speed, which could cause a…

The recall of every vehicle is the ultimate brand embarrassment.

It's the eighth recall of the vehicle.