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Manufacturer actions, usually filed with a national road safety regulator, to correct defects in vehicles already delivered or in service.
Hyundai Motor America is recalling 94,622 Genesis and Genesis G80 vehicles over seat motors that can overheat and start a fire. The remedy is still being developed, so owners carry the risk until letters that Yonhap says are due Dec. 7.
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Chery is recalling 8,878 Omoda 5 SUVs in Malaysia after a rear axle separated while driving, about two and a half years after a similar failure. It took more than 70% of its total sales abroad last month, so its standing with overseas regulators carries most of its volume.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley says UEV cars will check their own assembly connections, after Ford set a US record of more than 150 recalls last year. The car reports straight to line workers, so the first person to hear about a bad connection now works on the line.
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Regulators recalled roughly 4.3 million cars because an emergency release was coloured to disappear. Labels are the fix until 2027, when the hardware has to change.
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Autonomous vehicle safety cases rest on crash comparisons with human drivers, but exclusive OSHA data reported by TechCrunch carries a second injury count: the sprains and whiplash logged by the test drivers training the cars.
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