By Phoebe Wall Howard / Detroit Free Press Ford Motor Co. knowingly launched two low-priced, fuel-efficient cars with defective transmissions and continued selling the troubled Focus and Fiesta despite thousands of complaints and an avalanche of repairs, a Free Press…
by Matthew Guy / Driving Residents of Sacramento County may be in a bit of a bind the next time they elect to take on a car repair in their own garage. At issue are the county’s zoning codes, some…
By Kim Bell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS - The BMW was fixed and ready to go, but the teenager and his mom who owned the car argued with the mechanic when they…
By MoneyWise According to July 2019 data from the American Petroleum Institute, motorists in these states now pay the highest total gas taxes: federal, state and local. Local taxes have been averaged. We count down to the most expensive state. 18.…
By Jon Linkov / Consumer Reports Ford is recalling 58,000 of its 2012-2014 and 2017 Focus cars because the software update they received as part of a prior recall was incomplete. That recall was meant to fix a problem with the gas tank that…
By Lang Aftermarket iReport "At the beginning of 2019, domestic nameplate cars across the U.S. averaged 14.6 years, a record-high age for domestic cars. "Domestic nameplate car average age has climbed an incredible 2.2 years since 2009. A ten-year history…
By William Clavey / gmauthority.com Connecticut and Massachusetts Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey have reintroduced the “Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act,” which would force dealerships to fix any outstanding safety recalls before selling a used vehicle. In the…
By Chasidy Rae Sisk / Autobody News Over the past few months, Collision Advice’s Mike Anderson has been contacted by over a dozen shops regarding a computer ransom scheme where body shops’ computers and IT systems are hijacked and held for ransom.…
By Yahoo Finance In an attempt to fix electronic defects, Toyota Motor Corporation TM has announced the third recall of its Prius hybrid models. The recall follows safety claims by Toyota’s California dealer. According to Los Angeles Times, more than 20,000 Prius…
By AJ Dellinger / engadget.com Intel and a team of automotive companies have teamed up to create new guidelines for autonomous vehicles. The intention of the "Safety First Automated Driving" paper, published today, is to establish a framework of universal safety principles…
