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Automaker Cadillac is recalling approximately 34,000 vehicles due to defective airbags. AutoEvolution.com reports that the affected vehicles include CT4 and CT5 model years 2020 to 2022. The vehicles are being recalled because the side curtain airbags may have been installed incorrectly. The airbags may have been installed with a twist between two attachment points, which…

Automaker Ford is ordering the recall of nearly 700,000 Explorer model vehicles, citing a defect that could result in a crash. ConsumerReports.com reports that Ford is recalling 675,000 Ford Explorers model years 2013-2017 due to a defect that could cause the suspension to fracture. The report says that this “could be triggered by a cross-axis ball…

In 2012 automaker Mazda recalled approximately 217,500 Tribute sport-utility vehicles due to defective accelerators. The defect can cause the gas pedal to become stuck, dangerously accelerating the vehicles. According to the L.A. Times, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation found a total of 68 complaints about the issue, which also affects over 400,000 Ford…

More information has become available about the recently announced recall of hundreds of thousands of Mazda vehicles. Driving.ca reports that Mazda is recalling 261,000 M3 vehicles in North America, including model years 2003 to 2007, due to a defect that that can cause the plastic emblem on the steering wheel to shatter when the airbag deploys.…

A new report indicates that those responsible for the Florida condo tower that collapsed last week had been put on notice that the building suffered from dangerous defects. CNN.com reports that the board president of the Champlain Towers South described that “the observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse since the…

In one of the largest recalls in U.S. government history authorities ordered a recall of millions of defective fire extinguishers in 2017. Now, a new report is shedding light on the extent of the problem. WRAL.com reports that for years before issuing recalls in 2015 and 2017 fire extinguisher manufacturer Kidde had allegedly been hiding…

Years after the largest auto recall in U.S. and world history saw tens of millions of vehicles recalled due to faulty airbags, Ford is recalling three million more vehicles. CNN.com reports that Ford is recalling the vehicles in the U.S. and Canada for the same reason that automakers recalled the previous vehicles – potentially deadly…

General Motors has announced that it will recall 7 million Takata airbags due to a defect in the airbags’ inflators. The recall covers certain pickup truck and SUV models, including 6 million vehicles in the United States and a total of 7 million across the globe. ABCNews.go.com reports that GM has been working with the…

Volvo is recalling approximately 54,000 vehicles after a driver was killed by an airbag defect in one of the company’s automobile models. Reuters.com reports that the models subject to recall include 2001-2003 model S80 and S60. The vehicles are being recalled because they were manufactured with airbags that can rupture, ejecting dangerous metal shrapnel that can…

Investigators have ruled that a defective Takata airbag was responsible for the death of a person traveling in a Honda in August. The death is at least the 17th fatality related to the defective Takata airbags. It’s the 17th death in the US caused by a Takata airbag. https://t.co/bcPilB1K7r — Local News 8 (@localnews8) October 6,…