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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.

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Approximately 700 model-year 2019 Toyota C-HR SUVs are being recalled 
 for rear axle bearing bolts.
Approximately 3,500 model-year 2018-19 BMW and Mini electric and 
 hybrid vehicles are being recalled for charger capacitators.
Approximately 1,900 model-year 2017-18 Audi R8 Spyder and coupe sports 
 cars are being recalled for a transmission fluid leak.
Approximately 168,000 Toyota Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia SUVs 
 and Avalon sedans are being recalled.
Approximately 200 2017-18 Ford GT sports cars are being recalled for a 
 fire risk.
Approximately 49,000 model-year 2009-10 Mazda6 sedans in certain states 
 are being recalled for a corroding front cross-member.
Approximately 27,000 model-year 2017-18 Kia Niro hybrid wagons are 
 being recalled for their power relay assemblies.
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