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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

Affiliated automakers Hyundai and Kia are issuing recalls for the risk of an engine compartment fire affecting more than 484,500 vehicles.
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.
A recall affecting the entire Tesla lineup has been issued over its Full Self-Driving system’s “rolling stop” function, available with FSD Beta.
Nearly 171,800 Ram 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 trucks are being recalled on account of faulty windshield wipers.
The Forte, Forte Koup, Sedona, Soul and Soul EV are at risk of damaged circuits that could deactivate airbags.
Nearly 689,000 model-year 2014-16 Rogues are being recalled for an electrical connector that could present a fire risk.
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.
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.
We took a 2022 Ford Maverick out around the streets of Chicago to get an idea of how it copes with city driving.