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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

We've owned our Best of 2017-winning Chrysler Pacifica for some 18 
 months now. Here's where we stand on fuel economy after surpassing the 
 20,000-mile mark.
Approximately 33,000 model-year 2009-13 BMW X5 xDrive35d SUVs are 
 being recalled for the engine idler pulley bolt.
Approximately 1,900 model-year 2017 Land Rover Range Rover, Range 
 Rover Sport and Discovery SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 5,600 model-year 2018 Ford Expedition SUVs, F-150 pickup 
 trucks and Lincoln Navigator SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 250 model-year 2011-16 Volkswagen cars and SUVs are 
 being recalled.
Approximately 507,600 model-year 2010-13 Kia Forte, Optima, Optima 
 Hybrid and Sedona vehicles are being recalled for their airbag control 
 units.
Automotive recalls are serious business; that's why we cover them. Check 
 out our list of some of the most notable recalls from May 2018.
Approximately 88,000 model-year 2018 GMC Terrain SUVs are being 
 recalled for their sensing diagnostic modules.
Approximately 550 2018 Audi S5 cabriolets equipped with Super Sport 
 seats are being recalled.