Chief Copy Editor
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
The recall aims to fix a manufacturing issue with the front seat belts in more than 448,000 vehicles.
By Patrick Masterson
March 15, 2023
The recall of nearly 189,000 model-year 2021-23 K5s involves the car’s side curtain airbags.
By Patrick Masterson
March 13, 2023
A new recall for nearly 99,000 trucks addresses a population of the pickup trucks that was previously recalled in 2017 and 2018.
By Patrick Masterson
March 2, 2023
Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall for some 26,100 G-Class SUVs over a wiring harness that could affect the antilock brakes and electronic stability control.
By Patrick Masterson
February 28, 2023
The recall concerns the safety of the Full Self-Driving feature, a Level 2 semi-autonomous driving-assist system.
By Patrick Masterson
February 16, 2023
More than 306,000 trucks are being recalled for an electrical connector that could lead to overheating and, ultimately, a fire.
By Patrick Masterson
February 16, 2023
Child-safety seat brand Cybex is recalling some 31,000 examples of its Aton and Cloud rear-facing infant car seats over the potential failure of webbing in a seat belt adjuster.
By Patrick Masterson
February 16, 2023
The all-electric ID.4 SUV is being recalled for an issue related to the high-voltage battery’s control module.
By Patrick Masterson
February 7, 2023
Faulty second-row side airbags affect nearly 32,000 Telluride three-row SUVs.
By Patrick Masterson
February 3, 2023
We put some serious numbers on the odometer of our long-term 2022 Ford Maverick in service of a story with the most inane of premises: visiting Masterson, Texas.
By Patrick Masterson
January 23, 2023