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Bacteria-tainted food, flawed vehicles, smelly bottles of medicines… 2011 could be considered the year of really awful consumer product news, judging by the amount of safety recalls made by regulatory agencies. But which product recall of 2011 really lit the fire for online searches in the U.S.?
Google analyzed the billions of queries its search engine received in 2011 to develop its Zeigeist 2011, which outlines the m,ost-searched for topics among the global online realm. Among Web users in the U.S….
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall of 2010-2011 Cadillac SRX sport-utility vehicles for improperly installed transmission shift cables. The problem, which affects 8,789 SRX models, may prevent drivers from shifting the Cadillac SUV into or out of “Park” and possibly cause a collision.
According to NHTSA, the problem affects SRX models made by General Motors from October 2008 through June 2011. Drivers of the vehicles may experience difficulty in shifting the SRX’s…
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Volkswagon, the parent company of Audi, has issued a recall for their 2012 A6 model. The recall is due to an issue with the head-curtain airbag deployment systems which may cause the airbag not to deploy correctly in the event of an accident. Volkswagon is planning on notifying Audi owners about the recall issue in [...]
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Subaru of America announced a major recall for the 2012 model year versions of its Legacy, Outback and Impreza cars. The company has received hundreds of reports of “greater than usual” brake pedal travel in the vehicles.
According to Subaru’s parent, Fujitsu Heavy Industries, the vehicles’ brakes are operational. However, the company has received approximately 130 complaints of excessive brake travel among the roughly 3,000 new model year vehicles it has already sold in North America. The company has …
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General Motors Co. is recalling 674 2012 Cadillac CTS vehicles after it discovered some vehicles had improperly assembled components that could cause the loss of braking ability.
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A problem with a crankshaft pulley may lead to increased steering effort, the automaker said.
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General Motors said that it is recalling certain model year 2012 Cadillac CTS models built from Oct. 21, 2011 through Oct. 26, 2011. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration said that the models produced during that time period may have a condition in which the power vacuum brake boost pushrod retention may not be torqued to proper specification.
“If the nut is not torqued to the proper specification, the nut could loosen and allow the pushrod to separate from the brake pedal,”…
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Toyota Motor Corp. announced today it has discovered a flaw in the power steering systems of more than half a million vehicles in its global fleet. The majority—approximately 420,000—of the affected Toyota cars are in U.S. customers’ hands.
The problem, says the Japanese car maker, lies with the crankshaft pulley on the V6 engines found in certain Toyota-made vehicles. The part may become misaligned, causing the belt that powers the vehicle’s power steering unit to fall off, resulting in st…
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A problem with a crankshaft pulley may lead to increased steering effort, the automaker said.
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Toyota has recalled 550,000 vehicles around the globe for a potential defect that could impact steering capabilities.
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