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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 1,300 2017-19 Toyota 4Runner SUVs that Southeast Toyota 
 Distributors equipped with a TRD wheel package are being recalled for an 
 incorrect label.
Approximately 16,000 2018 Kia Stingers are being recalled for a damaged 
 wiring harness.
Approximately 44,300 model-year 2013-18 BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 
 Series, X3 and X5 vehicles are being recalled.
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Approximately 200 model-year 2010 Ford Fusion and 2010-12 Lincoln MKZ 
 sedans are being recalled.
Approximately 21,100 model-year 2017-18 Jeep Renegade SUVs equipped 
 with 4x2 flex fuel/E85 capability and 2.4-liter engines are being recalled.
Approximately 10,000 model-year 2017-18 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in 
 hybrid minivans are being recalled.
Approximately 17,000 model-year 2004-06 Scion xA hatchbacks are being 
 recalled.
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 from October.
Approximately 86,000 model-year 2019 Jeep Cherokee SUVs equipped with 
 2.4-liter engines are being recalled for a malfunctioning powertrain 
 controller.