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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 210,600 model-year 2018-19 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and 
 GMC vehicles are being recalled for rear brake caliper pistons.
Approximately 500 model-year 2018 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX SUVs are 
 being recalled for door striker bolts.
Approximately 4,200 model-year 2018-19 Ram 1500 pickup trucks are 
 being recalled for their rear axles.
Acura is issuing two separate recalls for owners of model-year 2017-18 
 Acura NSX sports cars, one for a fuel tank leak and the other for 
 brakelights.
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Approximately 9,700 model-year 2018 Volkswagen Atlas SUVs are being 
 recalled for an air-conditioning system drain tube.
The cost to fill the tank of a 2018 Land Rover Discovery SUV varied widely 
 this week depending on whether you have a gas or diesel V-6 — not to 
 mention where it's filled up.
Approximately 1.6 million model-year 2015-18 Ford F-150 regular-cab and 
 SuperCrew pickup trucks are being recalled.
Approximately 192,000 model-year 2016-18 Toyota Prius hybrid 
 hatchbacks are being recalled for the engine wire harness assembly.