The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just announced how its employees will have their work cut out for one of the biggest recall inspections ever. After a few complaints and an initial inspection the federal body discovered enough potential risk with the Ford F-150 that the courtesy was extended to more than 2 million units. Precision applied, 2.7 million units...
The Germans are not pleased. They had been criticized for not bringing their latest set of efficient engines to the United States. As a reply to these accusations, Mercedes-Benz announced why it's latest cutting-edge lean-burn technology isn't available in the U.S. Apparently, the Americans aren't getting the best in fuel saving and lowered CO2 emissions for a simple reason. Mercedes...
The recall Saga continues as Toyota Motor Corporation has just announced that it plans to call in 11500 Lexus LS worldwide spread over four models in order to fix some issues related to the steering wheel system of the car. The models in question are the LS460, LS460L and the LS600h, LS600hL hybrids, all equipped with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering...
Recalls aren't big news any more and this concerns me a bit, there are quite a lot going on and with such a great number of them around you may start to think, how much longer until they figure out an issue with my car? Hopefully you will not get the chance to read a mail from your car maker...
We all knew Toyota's recall handling would lead to problems and that America is a country with a bit of a suing culture. Put the two together and you have the recipe for something momentous in terms of lawsuits and court action. What has happened is that Toyota is now facing an incredible number of 327 calls to face the...
