Recalls

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) announced that it will conduct 2 Voluntary Safety Campaigns on certain Toyota vehicles sold in Canada. Toyota will conduct a Voluntary Safety Campaign on certain 2009 Camry and 2009 to certain 2011 Venza vehicles to replace the stop lamp switch. 2,740 Camry vehicles in the 2009 …

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) today announced it will conduct a voluntary safety campaign involving 493 2011 model year Lexus RX 350 vehicles sold in Canada to replace the brake actuator. No other Toyota, Lexus or Scion vehicles are involved. In the brake actuator of the affected vehicles which are equipped …

It takes a special person to check that pricey option box on the Porsche 911 order form that endows the owner’s vehicle with centre-lock, splined hubs. Besides the relatively high cost, there’s also the added commitment that’s required should you ever need to change a wheel at the side of …

To those in the know, Suzuki’s excellent and diminutive four wheel drive offerings have provided reliable and well-designed transportation like only Japanese-assembled vehicles can. But apparently owners of 2009-2010 model year SX4s and Grand Vitaras are being instructed to take their vehicles to their local dealerships in order to determine …

Honda Canada will recall 2,064 Civic Hybrid vehicles from model years 2006 through 2007 to replace the DC to DC converter, a component of the Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid control system. The DC-to-DC converter may experience an internal failure that could lead to engine stalling and malfunction of vehicle …

Just a few days after the close of a year that the NHTSA is already admitting contained the most voluntary recalls ever, Toyota is back at it; this time recalling the 2006-2009 Prius over an intermittent headlight issue. Apparently, some owners (about 2,500) complained that the car’s high-intensity-discharge headlights were …

Toyota Canada Inc., today announced that it will conduct a voluntary Safety Recall involving approximately 11,700 2006 through 2007 Lexus GS300/350, 2006 through early 2009 Lexus IS250, and 2006 through early 2008 Lexus IS350 vehicles sold in Canada to inspect the fuel pressure sensor installation. Due to insufficient tightening of …

General Motors of Canada is recalling about 6,668 Cadillac CTS models from the 2005-2007 model years because of a kink, bend or fold in the front passenger presence system mat that can lead to the passenger air bag failing to deploy. If the airbag becomes disabled, the passenger airbag status …

According to a recent release by the NHTSA, 14,737 Ford SUVs and trucks built will be recalled due to fire risk. Apparently these vehicles, all built during a six day period, were fitted with a faulty body control module that can accidentally short out. If that happens, the module is …

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., will recall approximately 143,083 model year 2007 and 2008 Honda Fit vehicles to avoid the potential loss of low-beam headlight functionality.Due to a problem with the routing of the wiring harness for the headlight control switch, the plating on the wiring harness connectors for the …