Year after year, statistics indicate that the most destructive and deadly road accidents involve large trucks. The class-8 tractor trailer rig is one of the largest vehicles on the road with one, two and sometimes three attached trailers. These types of trucks require considerable distance to make stops when driving at highway speeds. A tractor-trailer […]
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Toyota Hybrids Catching Fire
In September, Toyota issued a recall for over one million hybrid cars sold around the world due to a potential fire risk in the affected cars. The recall affects hybrid cars – including Prius, Prius PHV and C-HR- manufactured between June, 2015 and May, 2018. The recalled cars are located in Japan, North America and […]
Millions of Child Booster Seats Recalled
This week, recalls have been issued for child booster car seats across a variety of companies. As reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), millions of child booster seats have been issued in a recall due to different defects for each company’s line of child booster seat products. Diono, formerly known as Sunshine […]
Do I Have a Claim if I Didn’t Fix My Recall?
If your car is subject to a recall, you probably know that it is best to repair your car as soon as possible. Following the massive Takata airbag recall, automakers have stepped up their efforts to locate defective cars and convince owners to bring their vehicles into dealers sooner rather than later. But even with […]
New Cars for Recalled Subarus
Subaru made the unusual decision to replace than repair its defective 2019 Ascent SUVs. The defective vehicles- which comprise less than one percent of the Ascent models manufactured by the automaker – may be missing spot welds on the mechanism that holds the second-row door hinges. The problem resulted from faulty software programming according to […]
