Chief Copy Editor
Patrick Masterson
Patrick Masterson is Chief Copy Editor at Cars.com. He joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and has achieved the rare feat of applying his journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor his entire professional career. He lives by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and knows where semicolons can go.
Tesla is issuing a recall for more than 817,000 vehicles over a federally required audible chime notifying drivers when their seat belts aren’t fastened.
By Patrick Masterson
February 3, 2022
A recall affecting the entire Tesla lineup has been issued over its Full Self-Driving system’s “rolling stop” function, available with FSD Beta.
By Patrick Masterson
February 1, 2022
Nearly 171,800 Ram 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 trucks are being recalled on account of faulty windshield wipers.
By Patrick Masterson
February 1, 2022
The Forte, Forte Koup, Sedona, Soul and Soul EV are at risk of damaged circuits that could deactivate airbags.
By Patrick Masterson
January 28, 2022
Nearly 689,000 model-year 2014-16 Rogues are being recalled for an electrical connector that could present a fire risk.
By Patrick Masterson
January 26, 2022
Ford’s latest recall affects more than 199,000 cars across the South and Hawaii, where weather conditions could cause a brake-pedal bumper to separate or disintegrate.
By Patrick Masterson
January 19, 2022
By Patrick Masterson
December 22, 2021
A major recall is out for approximately 184,700 model-year 2021-22 Ford F-150 pickup trucks in light of a new issue over a potentially damaged driveshaft.
By Patrick Masterson
December 22, 2021
We took a 2022 Ford Maverick out around the streets of Chicago to get an idea of how it copes with city driving.
By Patrick Masterson
December 21, 2021
Subaru has issued a recall for some 198,300 vehicles due to a programming error with its transmission control unit.
By Patrick Masterson
December 15, 2021