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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

Toyota is recalling some 158,500 Tundra pickup trucks for an issue regarding a potential fire risk involving their halogen headlamps.
Malfunctioning seat belt automatic locking retractors affect some 37,000 SUVs, coupes and sedans from both brands.
More than 16,000 F-150 pickups are affected by an issue with incorrectly routed front seat belt webbing.
Dorel’s Maxi-Cosi Pria 85 convertible belt is being recalled for an issue with the installation that could lead to a child’s head injury.
A new recall for model-year 2010-13 Range Rover Sport and model-year 2010-16 LR4 SUVs aims to fix an issue that could lead to a fire.
Ram 1500, 1500 Classic, 2500 and 3500 trucks are being recalled for moisture contamination with their side curtain airbag inflators.
Hyundai and Kia are issuing separate recalls for damaged trunk latches that together affect more than 601,000 vehicles from the 2016-20 model years.
In the third major recall of its kind in the first half of August, more than 45,000 Audi and VW cars and SUVs are being recalled for a malfunctioning seat belt retractor.
A population of CT4 and CT5 sedans is affected by an issue concerning the roof-rail side curtain airbags. Here are the details.