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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

Approximately 4,800 2020-21 Audi and Volkswagen sedans and SUVs are being recalled for their front seat backrests.
Approximately 190,000 ZF North America remote accelerometer sensors installed in 2018 Volkswagen Atlas and 2019 Jeep Cherokee SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 160,200 2019-20 Ram 1500 pickup trucks equipped with adjustable pedals are being recalled for an issue with the floormats.
Approximately 87,200 2018-20 Volvo XC60 SUVs are being recalled for their windshield wipers.
Approximately 2,400 Volkswagen Jetta and Jetta GLI sedans and Beetle hatchbacks are being recalled for replacement brake master cylinders.
Approximately 490 model-year 2020 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs are being recalled for their front seatbacks.
Approximately 58,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Ram 1500 pickup trucks equipped with 3.0-liter diesel engines are being recalled for a software issue.
Approximately 10,600 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB250 SUVs are being recalled for their rear spoilers.