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Patrick Masterson

I joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and have achieved the rare feat of applying my journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor my entire professional career, which has somehow been more than a decade solely at Cars.com and currently as Chief Copy Editor. I live by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and know where the semicolons can go, which you can occasionally find updated proof of in the stories

below.

Articles by Patrick Masterson

Recalls in the auto industry are a common occurrence. Not up to speed? 
 Not to worry. Here are some of the most significant recalls we covered 
 from June.
Approximately 2,500 model-year 2003 Volkswagen Passat, Jetta, Golf and 
 EuroVan vehicles are being recalled for a frontal airbag inflator.
Approximately 115,000 model-year 2006-14 Lexus IS and GS sedans and 
 convertibles are being recalled for a fuel delivery pipe.
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 start? Check out our link primer here.
Approximately 1,500 model-year 2012 Ferrari Californias, 458 Italias and 
 Spiders, and FFs are being recalled as part of the ongoing Takata crisis.
Approximately 3,200 2013 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids are being 
 recalled.
The 2018 Jeep Cherokee is fresh off topping our 2018 American-Made 
 Index as the most American car. But how much does it cost to fill up?
Approximately 850 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles are being 
 recalled for a high-pressure fuel pump.
Approximately 490 model-year 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 sports cars 
 are being recalled for their sensing diagnostic modules.
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 of where to start? Check out our link guide here.