TORRANCE, Calif. – American Honda Motor Co. has agreed to recall certain Honda Civic, Acura RDX, Acura Integra and Honda Accord vehicles which might have a faulty brake-hold feature. The 386 vehicles within the recall population, spread amongst model-year 2023…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mazda North America Operations (MNAO) will recall certain model-year 2024 Mazda CX-90 sport-utility vehicles (SUV) due to a defect which might result in loss of vehicle control for the driver. In the 18 SUVs within the vehicle…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would require heavy vehicles to have automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems that…
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – Hyundai Motor America has agreed to recall certain model-year 2023 Hyundai Palisade vehicles that might lose power brake assist. The 322 sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) within the recall population potentially have a brake booster diaphragm which may…
HAGERSTOWN, Ind. – Autocar, LLC will recall certain model-year 2016-2023 heavy-duty trucks which may have a faulty parking-brake warning light or telltale. The recall population of 10,894 consists of 2016-2023 Autocar ACX (Expediter) and 2020-2023 Autocar ACX (Xpediter) trucks which…
IRVINE, Calif. – Kia America, Inc. has agreed to recall certain model-year 2023 Kia Sportage vehicles which might lose brake assist due to a fault within the brake booster. The 98,944 compact sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) within the recall population, manufactured…
LISLE, Ill. – Navistar, Inc. has agreed to a third and fourth recall of vehicles potentially plagued with a brake fluid leak which could lead to fires, bringing the total recalled this year to more than 70,000 units. The original…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Stellantis through its FCA US, LLC is recalling certain model-year 2017-2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia and 2018-2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio vehicles equipped with optional carbon ceramic matrix brakes which might exhibit rotor failure. The 719 vehicles within…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Nissan North America, Inc. is recalling certain model-year 2023 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles which might have a defectively assembled brake tube and the potential for major braking issues. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Part…
The Brake Academy recently published a question-and-answer session between Paul Gritt and Tom Hall on the impact of regenerative braking on federal MVSS-135 compliance testing. Both men have an engineering background and extensive experience in the automotive-braking industry. Here is…
ATLANTA, Ga. – Porsche Cars North America, Inc. has agreed to recall certain model-year 2020-2022 Porsche Taycan four-door electric vehicles (EV) due to a potentially faulty brake-pad-wear warning light. These vehicles were produced specifically for the Puerto Rican market. The…
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. — Jayco, Inc. has agreed to recall certain of its model-year 2023-2024 recreational-vehicle coaches which might have caliper-attachment bolts which might come loose. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Part 573 Safety Recall Report 23V-318,…
CAMDEN, N.J. – Subaru of America, Inc. has agreed to recall certain model-year 2023 Impreza models which might have been assembled with an improperly adjusted stop-lamp switch. In addition to this defect potentially allowing the stop lamp to illuminate without…
LISLE, Ill.—Navistar, Inc. agreed to recall certain model-year 2017-2023 International CV Class 4/5 trucks that might have a brake-fluid leak which could result in a vehicle fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has advised the owners/operators of vehicles…
IRVINE, Calif. – Mazda North American Operations has agreed to recall certain model-year 2022-2023 Mazda CX-30 and 2023 Mazda CX-50 crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) which might have damaged antilock brake (ABS) hydraulic control units (HCU). The 2,410 CUVs in the…
DETROIT – General Motors has agreed to recall certain model-year 2019-2023 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD/5500HD/6500HD trucks which might have a brake-fluid leak which could lead to a vehicle fire. Owners have also been advised to park their vehicles until…
PHOENIX – Nikola Corporation has recalled certain model-year 2022-2024 Nikola TRE BEV trucks which might have a faulty electronic-parking-brake (EPB) system. The 364 electric trucks within the recall population, all with the Bendix Intellipark Towing Park Brake (PVM) Module, may…
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Volvo Trucks North America agreed to recall certain model-year 2020-2023 Volvo VNR Electric vehicles due to an issue with their adaptive cruise control systems causing over-aggressive braking which could lead to an out-of-control situation. The 236 vehicles…
SAN FRANCISCO – General Motors’ Cruise self-driving division has voluntarily recalled 300 vehicles following a March 23, 2023, accident involving one of its cars and a San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority (“MUNI”) bus. The Cruise vehicle was unoccupied at the…
ELKHART, Ind. – Forest River, Inc. has agreed to recall its model year 2023 Puma Pause Travel Trailers due to a potential brake-wiring fault. The 19 units covered by the recall were built with a brake wire going through a…
AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla, Inc. has agreed to recall certain model-year 2023 Tesla Semi heavy-duty trucks due to a faulty electronically controlled parking brake. The 35 trucks within the recall population, built between Nov. 30, 2022, and Feb. 28, 2023,…
VALCOURT, Que. — Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc. has agreed to recall certain model-year 2020-2023 three-wheel Can-Am Spyder models due to a faulty brake-light. The 34,888 vehicles within the recall population include 2020-2023 Can-Am Spyder RT and 2022-2023 Can-Am Stryker models…
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Complainants in a class-action lawsuit alleging certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles sold in the U.S. had defective anti-lock brake (ABS) modules which could result in their vehicles spontaneously catching on fire, this week asked a federal judge…
MIAMI, Fla. – Newell Coach Corp. is recalling certain model-year 2023-2024 coaches which potentially have malfunctioning brake lights. The 28 Newell Coach P50 recreational vehicles built between May 1, 2022, and Jan. 31, 2023, were built with a wiring problem…
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Company has agreed to recall certain model-year 2022 commercial vehicle chassis configurations correct an improperly torqued rear-caliper bolts. The 644 vehicles within the recall population, of which some two percent are considered at risk for…