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Patrick Masterson

Patrick Masterson is Chief Copy Editor at Cars.com. He joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and has achieved the rare feat of applying his journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor his entire professional career. He lives by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and knows where semicolons can go.

Approximately 8,200 model-year 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs are being 
 recalled for side curtain airbag mounting bolts.
Approximately 10,600 model-year 2017-18 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and 
 model-year 2018 Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid cars are being recalled.
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Approximately 1.3 million model-year 2012-18 Ford Focus cars are being 
 recalled for their canister purge valves.
Approximately 4,700 model-year 2016-18 Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-
 AMG GLC SUVs are being recalled for seat belt latch plates.
Approximately 100 model-year 2019 BMW X6 and X6 M SUVs are being 
 recalled for their rear upper control arm pivot bolts.
A select bunch of Honda owners should be finding notices in the near 
 future regarding recalls for their cars in two separate issues.
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Approximately 15,800 model-year 2018-19 Cadillac CT6 sedans and 
 Escalade ESV SUVs, Chevrolet Suburban SUVs and Volt hybrids, and GMC 
 Yukon XL SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 1,100 model-year 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara SUVs are being 
 recalled for their power steering pump belt tension adjuster pulleys.