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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 2,800 model-year 2016-18 Ford Focus cars are being 
 recalled for their clutches.
Approximately 5,400 model-year 2019 Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG and 
 Mercedes-Maybach cars are being recalled for their seat belt buckles.
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Approximately 104,000 Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG cars, SUVs and 
 hybrids are being recalled for their head units.
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Approximately 1,100 model-year 2011-14 Lamborghini Gallardo coupes 
 and convertibles are being recalled for their engine control unit software.
Approximately 6,100 model-year 2017-18 Alfa Romeo Giulia sedans are 
 being recalled for a brake fluid line.
Approximately 6,300 model-year 2014-15 Maserati Ghibli and Quattroporte 
 sedans are being recalled.
Approximately 7,000 model-year 2017-18 Honda Civic hatchbacks and Civic 
 Type R hatchbacks are being recalled for their owner's manuals.
Approximately 6,000 model-year 2007-12 Audi Q7 SUVs and model-year 
 2009-12 Q5 SUVs are being recalled for a fuel pump leak.