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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 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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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.
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Approximately 90 model-year 2018 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX SUVs and 
 model-year 2019 Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 49,000 model-year 2012-15 Ford Focus Electric and model-
 year 2013-15 Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi electric vehicles are being 
 recalled.