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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

below.

Articles by Patrick Masterson

The 2020 Ford Mustang’s door seals with a subtle, vacuum-like noise that the automaker calls Short Drop Glass.
Approximately 400 BMW X7 SUVs are being recalled for tire information labels.
Approximately 4,300 model-year 2019-20 BMW Z4 roadsters and model-year 2020 Toyota Supra coupes are being recalled for their headlights.
Approximately 180,000 Hyundai Tucsons and 9,400 Kia Stinger hatchbacks are being recalled for the risk of an engine compartment fire.
Approximately 32,300 model-year 2019-20 Ram trucks, including 3500 chassis cabs, are being recalled for engine calibration software.
Approximately 1,300 model-year 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque SUVs are being recalled for their instrument cluster software.
Approximately 700 2020-21 Mini and BMW plug-in hybrids are being recalled for loose welding beads.
Approximately 151,200 2013-15 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport SUVs are being recalled for their antilock brake system modules.
Approximately 440,400 2013-15 Kia Optima sedans and model-year 2014-15 Sorento SUVs are being recalled for a possible brake fluid leak.
Approximately 5,500 model-year 2020 Nissan Sentra sedans are being recalled for their right-hand headlights.