Safety

Approximately 312,000 model-year 2017 Ford Explorer SUVs equipped with power seats are being recalled for improperly coined seat-frame edges.

Approximately 700 model-year 2020 Mini Hardtop, Cooper and Cooper S hatchbacks are being recalled for crash pads.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced that the 2019 Jeep Cherokee earned a Top Safety Pick award, but there’s a lot more to the story.

Approximately 3,400 model-year 2020 Jeep Gladiator pickup trucks are being recalled for their driveshafts.

Ford earns an A for returning to a competitive class with its 2019 Ranger mid-size pickup truck, but its Car Seat Check grades aren’t nearly as high.

Approximately 3,400 model-year 2020 Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse SUVs are being recalled for a cracked right-hand frame rail.

Approximately 177,300 model-year 2018 Chevrolet Malibu cars equipped with turbocharged 1.5-liter engines are being recalled for engine control module software issues.

Approximately 3.5 million Cadillac SUVs and Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks and SUVs are being recalled for a vacuum pump.

Approximately 693,000 2013-14 Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks are being recalled for their tailgates.

It’s hard to beat a full-size pickup truck when it comes to hauling the kiddos, and the 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 crew cab proves our point, earning nearly all A’s in our Car Seat Check.