Recalls

Owners of diesel variants of any 2011 model year Mercedes-Benz E, GL, M or R-Class models better take note as the automaker has recently issued a recall alert for these particular models due to a leaky fuel filter hazard. The recall comes after a number of cases of leaking diesel fuel were reported...

Recalls are rampant this month, and BMW is the latest to join the parade of dealer repairs. The reason for the recall of the 130,000 twin-turbo and naturally-aspirated six-cylinder models is for emissions and safety fixes. The problem with the twin-turbo models lies in the direct injection fuel...

Ford has issued a technical service bulletin for 2011 Mustangs, due to problems with the fuel pump and fuel gauge.These problems affect both the V-6 and GT models. In a nutshell, the problem involves false readings from the fuel gauge, which in some cases may have the reading drop from half-full to...

When you make more than 10 million cars per year, if something goes wrong on a significant batch of them, the recall size is going to be pretty big. Toyota has been a case study in this concept over the past year or so, today adding another 740,000 vehicles in the U.S. and over 1.5 million...

James Bond drives Aston Martins, so they must be pretty awesome, right? Right. But it looks like some of the 2007-2008 production wasn't quite as awesome as it should have been, as Aston is recalling the DB9 Coupe, DB9 Volante, V8 Vantage Coupe, V8 Vantage Roadster, and DBS Coupe for a front...

BMW has announced that it will voluntarily recall 198,000 vehicles for a potential brake issue. In affected vehicles—including BMW 5-Series, 6-Series, and 7-Series models, as well as Rolls-Royce models, spanning from the 2002 through 2010 model years—a vacuum leak might cause a loss of...

Ford has announced a service bulletin for 2011 Ford Mustang GTs with the six-speed manual transmission, to address problems with the clutch sticking to the floor at high RPMs, returning to the normal position only when the engine RPMs drop. The problem affects GTs built before April 25, 2010. It...

It turns out there's an upside to being a super-exclusive, limited volume hyperluxury carmaker beyond the chest-high stacks of cash. When a recall happens, it affects only a handful of vehicles. Bentley's latest recall, for a problem with the hood ornament failing to retract, applies to just 596...

We've been tracking the above-average tendency of the Ferrari 458 Italia to burst into flame or smash into immovable objects since its debut, but finally Ferrari has stepped in to admit there's something wrong with the car. Turns out the flaw is relatively minor, though the results can be...

A recall has been issued on all 2010 and 2011 BMW 5-Series and 5-Series Gran Turismo models, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed on its website today. The recall is due to a problem with the affected cars' fuel level sensors, which can see them indicate more fuel...

Chrysler is recalling over half a million Jeep Wranglers and Grand Caravan/Town & Country minivans for safety issues.

A replacement for the Lamborghini Murcielago is just around the corner, in fact near-complete prototypes for the new car can be seen here, but that doesn’t mean nobody is looking at the aging Murcie anymore. On sale since 2001, it wasn’t until now that a potential safety flaw was detected and a...

We're not really sure how much longer this can go on, but we're in for the long haul.

A bad connector could keep the airbags from deploying during a crash.

Toyota has announced a global recall on its 2010 Prius hybrid as well as the 2010 Lexus HS 250h to investigate and remedy a software glitch that can affect the cars' anti-lock braking system (ABS). The software glitch is a separate issue to the stuck accelerator pedals and faulty floor mats that...

A recall will be issued by Toyota for a number of Lexus and Toyota brand vehicles over a floormat that can cause stuck accelerators.

GM's much awaited 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has only been on dealership floors for a few weeks but the car has already suffered its first recall due to an exposed power cable. The issue lies in the V8 Camaro's battery, which in some cars has been experiencing short circuits due to the exposed cable...

As if General Motors' problems weren't already complex enough, the company has now issued a recall on 1,497,516 cars from model years between 1997 and 2003 to fix an issue that could potentially cause an engine fire. The fix, however, is surprisingly simple. The problem is an odd one: under hard...

With all the financial strife General Motors finds itself in, the last thing it needs are product recalls bringing into doubt the quality of its vehicles. Unfortunately for GM, a product recall is just what the company was forced to issue, and with more than 270,000 vehicles across the country...

We’ve seen a number of cases of Ferrari supercars going up in flames over the past couple of years but usually these are one off occurrences and the reasons behind the fiery end usually goes by unreported. In the latest twist of the ongoing Ferrari fire saga, the Italian supercar manufacturer...