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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

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Articles by Patrick Masterson

Nissan has a new recall affecting nearly 180,200 of its Frontier mid-size and Titan full-size pickup trucks for a potential rollaway risk.
Kia is issuing a new recall for Sorento Hybrid and Sorento Plug-in Hybrid SUVs to resolve potentially exploding seat belt pretensioners.
Model-year 2006-14 Ridgeline pickup trucks are now under recall thanks to an issue with corrosion that could lead to a fuel leak.
The 2022 American-Made Index ranks 95 vehicles through five major criteria: assembly location, parts content, engine origins, transmission origins and U.S. manufacturing workforce.
Cars.com’s 2022 American-Made Index ranks 95 vehicles, from entry-level sedans to luxury SUVs. See this year’s study segmented by vehicle class.
Of the 379 models sold in the U.S for the 2022 model year, there are 244 that aren’t assembled in the U.S. at all.
An issue with the antilock brake system has prompted the latest recall from Stellantis over model-year 2018-19 Durango and Grand Cherokee SUVs.
One recall involves diesel variants of the Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV and Ram 1500 pickup truck, the other Ram’s 1500 and heavy-duty 2500 and 3500 pickups.
Ford’s rough recent stretch of recalls continues with a new directive for nearly 3 million vehicles over a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission.
A new recall for four-door 2021-22 Broncos seeks to fix unreliable child safety locks.