When you bring in your recalled car to get a safety defect fixed, you might assume that the problem has been remedied. Yet owners of more than 342,000 previously recalled Kia Soul vehicles are finding out that their cars need to have the same issue repaired again. [More]
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Fisher-Price Recalls 63K Infant Motion Seats Over Fire Hazard
By 10.25.17
If you’ve got one of those infant motion seats intended to soothe a baby with gentle swaying or bouncing, you probably want to pay attention: Fisher-Price is recalling 63,000 Soothing Motion Seats over a potential fire hazard. [More]
Despite New Safety Rules, Family Says Two Of Its Hoverboards Caught On Fire
By 10.24.17
While the craze surrounding hoverboards may have died down, that doesn’t mean the self-balancing scooters are any safer. To that end, a Wisconsin family says they recently experienced not one, but two hoverboards that caught on fire. [More]
Fiery Dishwasher Recall Expanded To Cover 557,000 Total Machines
By 10.23.17
More than two years after 149,000 dishwashers from multiple major brands — including Bosch and Kenmore — were recalled following reports that power cords could overheat and burst into flames, the safety campaign has been expanded to cover another 408,000 dishwashers. [More]
GM, States Reach $120M Settlement Over Claims It Kept Ignition Switch Defect Under Wraps
By 10.19.17
Three years after General Motors recalled millions of cars that contained a ignition switch defect that was ultimately linked to more than 120 deaths, the carmaker is finally closing another chapter of the saga. The company will pay $120 million to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose the safety defect in a timely manner. [More]
Toyota Recalls 310,000 Minivans Over Rollaway Risk
By 10.19.17
When you park your car, you expect for it to stay parked. Yet, that might not happen in nearly 310,000 Toyota minivans that may contain an extra greasy shift lever. [More]
Recalled IKEA Dresser Linked To Another Child’s Death
By 10.18.17 — Updated: 10.19.17
More than a year after IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 29 million topple-prone Malm and other style dressers, another child’s death has been linked to the dangerous furniture. [More]
Ford Recalls 1.1M Trucks Over Doors That Don’t Stay Shut
By 10.18.17
One of the last things you want to happen when driving down the road is to have your vehicle’s door unexpectedly open. For that reason, Ford has issued the recall of 1.1 million trucks. [More]
Mercedes-Benz Recalls Nearly 500K Vehicles Over Inadvertent Airbag Deployment
By 10.17.17
Airbags can save lives, but they can also hurt people if they deploy at the wrong time. To that end, Mercedes Benz has recalled nearly 500,000 vehicles in the U.S. that contain airbags that could deploy without warning. [More]
19,000 Macy’s Martha Stewart Cake-Cutting Sets Recalled Because They Aren’t Supposed To Cut You
By 10.16.17
When properly used, a cake-cutting knife should not cut the person slicing into the cake. But some Martha Stewart-branding serving sets have been breaking, doing damage to the holder instead of the cake. [More]
Samsung CEO To Leave Company Over “Unprecedented Crisis”
By 10.13.17
It hasn’t exactly been a great year for Samsung: The company’s vice chairman was indicted, arrested, and then sentenced to five years in prison in connection to a massive South Korean bribery case, then there were the Galaxy Note 7 and washing machine explosion debacles. Now the CEO of the tech giant’s electronics division is heading for the door amid what he calls an “unprecedented crisis” within the company. [More]
Tesla Recalls 11,000 Model X Vehicles Over Seats That Could Fly Forward
By 10.13.17
It’s not only convenient, but often necessary, for a vehicle’s seats to move. However, if those seats don’t return and stay in their proper position it can be a problem. Case in point: 11,000 Tesla Model X SUVs now under recall. [More]
Toys ‘R’ Us Recalls 29,000 ‘Wiggle Ball’ Toys Over Choking Hazard
By 10.10.17
Kids love wiggly, easy-to-grasp toys. Some kids also like putting little pieces of brightly colored plastic in their mouths. So when one of those wiggly toys has pieces that can break off and find themselves in a baby’s mouth, it’s time for a recall. [More]
Volkswagen, Porsche Recall 125K Vehicles Over Engine Fires
By 10.4.17
Gasoline may make your engine go, but if there’s a fuel leak, it can also make your engine go up in flames. That’s why Volkswagen and its Porsche brand are recalling more than 124,000 vehicles. [More]
Nearly 650,000 Jeep & Dodge SUVs Recalled Over Potentially Degraded Brakes
By 10.3.17
Fiat Chrysler recalled more than half a million SUVs this week because it can be dangerous when your brakes don’t work properly. [More]
207,000 Resistance Bands Recalled Because They Could Break, Hit You In The Face
By 9.28.17
Planning to get a workout in this afternoon? You might want to rethink using those stretchy resistance bands: More than 207,000 pieces of the workout equipment sold at Dick’s Sporting Goods have been recalled as they pose an injury risk. [More]
28,000 Jogging Strollers Recalled Because Kids Could Fall Out
By 9.25.17
Strollers can be a convenient way to get a child from point A to point B. But for some 28,000 recently recalled jogging strollers it isn’t quite that easy, as the front wheel of the stroller could break, possibly allowing a child to fall out. [More]
Mazda Recalls 60,000 Sedans Over Airbag, Steering Issues
By 9.22.17
Airbags can save lives in the event of a crash, but in order to do so, they have to work properly. That’s apparently not the case for some 60,000 Mazda vehicles. [More]
