Thursday, April 26, 2018


Audi recalls 1.2 million vehicles for coolant pump fire risk.

CBS News (4/25, 5.73M) reports that Audi is recalling about 1.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the “electric coolant pumps can overheat and possibly cause a fire.” The recall covers the 2013 to 2016 A4, the 2013 to 2017 A5, the 2012 to 2015 A6, and the Q5 SUV from 2013 to 2017. In January 2017, Audi attempted to fix the problem with software updates but didn’t solve the problem.

Monday, April 23, 2018


Tens of thousands of Americans still driving cars with defective Takata airbags.

The Washington (DC) Post (4/22, Halsey, 15.03M) reports Honda said there are still 60,000 vehicles equipped with the most dangerous Takata airbags that can rupture and potentially kill the driver or passenger. Honda says that 62,307 vehicles are still equipped with the “Alphas” that have about a 50 percent chance of rupturing if deployed, even in a relatively small collision. Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, says Honda is “good at repairing vehicles,” but identifying the current owners and convincing them to bring their vehicles in for repairs “has proved a difficult challenge.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Acting Administrator Heidi King told the Senate Commerce Committee last month that while automakers have “made progress” in replacing defective Takata airbags, the “progress is uneven” and “Overall completion rates are not where we want them to be.”

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Carfax study estimates there are more than 57 million vehicles on US roads with unfixed recalls.

MLive (MI) (4/11, Raven, 834K) reports that a new Carfax report estimates that there are more than 57 million “recalled vehicles” on the roads in the United States, down from 63 million active vehicles in 2017. California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York are the states with the most open vehicle recalls. Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Arizona have the highest percentage of open vehicle recalls.