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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 22,000 model-year 2016-18 Cadillac CT6 sedans are being 
 recalled for inboard child-seat anchorage bars.
Approximately 7,000 model-year 2018 Jeep Compass SUVs are being 
 recalled.
An additional 8,100 model-year 2017 Honda CR-V SUVs are being included 
 in a recall from 2017 regarding fuel supply pipes.
Approximately 5,400 model-year 2017 Honda Civic sedans and coupes are 
 being recalled for a half-shaft.
Approximately 620 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2018 Santa Fe Sport SUVs 
 are being recalled in separate notices.
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You'd be hard-pressed to find an event that brings the American people 
 together quite like Super Bowl commercial breaks. Check out the car-
 related spots here.
Approximately 504,000 model-year 2013-14 Ford Escape SUVs and model-
 year 2013-16 Fusion sedans are being recalled for their shifter cable 
 bushings.
Interested in buying a new car this weekend, but not sure of where to 
 start? Check out our link primer here.
If you're at a point where buying a new ride this Mother's Day seems a 
 whole lot easier than trying to save the old one, we can help.
Though April may have been a sales slump for automakers, for car 
 shoppers, their loss is your gain. Here's what you should know.