» Posted August 14, 2019 Resources
Want to connect your phone to your car? If you are a BMW driver, it is going to cost you. The German automaker recently announced that it will start charging BMWers $80 a year for access to CarPlay, the Apple system that allows drivers to use their phones safely from behind the wheel. The feature is available on new cars that come with navigation technology.
Read More »
» Posted August 9, 2019 Resources
Subaru has another weld problem. This time the Japanese automaker wants to take another look at some 2,000 vehicles because of “improperly applied spot welds.”
Read More »
» Posted August 7, 2019 Resources
Melting engines are generally a bad thing. So perhaps it is no surprise that Swedish carmaker Volvo has decided to recall some 500,000 vehicles because of concerns that the vehicles’ engines could succumb to heat and even catch fire.
Read More »
» Posted July 31, 2019 Resources
Elon Musk has never been shy about dreaming big, whether that means putting people in outer space, shaving several hours off of long train trips or offering to rescue a soccer team stuck in a cave in Thailand. So it was probably not a huge surprise when the Tesla Chief recently announced that he’s been tinkering with the idea of an underwater car.
Read More »
» Posted July 24, 2019 Resources
BMW wants to take another look at some of its compact cars, thanks to issues with knee airbags.
Read More »
» Posted July 17, 2019 Resources
Already 41.6 million vehicles have been recalled over faulty Takata airbags in the six years since reports started popping up of people being injured or killed in accidents involving the malfunctioning safety devices. Yet, we continue to see problems related to the airbags, which can explode and send shrapnel hurtling into the air when deployed.
Read More »
» Posted July 10, 2019 Resources
Remember the Hummer? The behemoth, military-inspired sport utility vehicles roared to popularity in the late 90s and early aughts only to go out with a whimper about a decade later. General Motors wound down the brand in 2010, as the Hummer became a symbol of lots of the things some folks found wrong with American consumerism, the auto industry and the country’s approach to climate change. Less than 10 years later, it turns out the Hummer could be coming back to life.
Read More »
» Posted June 21, 2019 Resources
Jaguar is a luxurycarmaker that promotes itself as a bastion of sophisticated and tasteful passenger vehicles. Tell that to the owners and lessors of new Jaguar models...they are not impressed.
Read More »
» Posted June 19, 2019 Resources
Some 1.2 million Ford sport utility vehicles pose an increased crash risk, the company recently announced.
Read More »
» Posted June 14, 2019 Resources
Concerns about engine troubles in some of Honda’s most popular vehicles have the Japanese automaker taking an unusual step: It is adding another year on certain warranties for some 1 million CR-Vs and Civics.
Read More »