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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

Recalls in the auto industry are a common occurrence. Not up to speed? 
 Not to worry. Here are some of the most significant recalls we covered 
 from August.
Approximately 19,400 model-year 2012 Toyota Avalon sedans are being 
 recalled for a manufacturing error with front seat belt buckles.
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Approximately 8,400 model-year 2017-18 Volkswagen Passat sedans and 
 model-year 2018 Atlas SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 9,000 model-year 2018 Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG 
 GLE and GLS-Class SUVs are being recalled for rear brake caliper pistons.
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 anywhere — and more important, what would we want to go in? 
 Cars.com's staff weighs in.
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 Check out our link guide here.
Approximately 12,800 Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Ram vehicles are 
 being recalled for a voltage regulator chip.
Approximately 154,000 Dodge minivans and SUVs and Jeep SUVs are 
 being recalled for rear brake caliper pistons.