BMW has issued a recall for over 300,000 cars in the UK following a DVSA investigation which concluded that certain models could stall without warning.
BMW has been criticised for not making DVSA safety officials aware of a fault which led to one of its cars being involved in a fatal collision.
Airbags continued to be the main cause of vehicle recalls in Q4 2017, accounting for 20 (30%) of the 65 issued for passenger cars.
Mercedes-Benz will recall around 400,000 vehicles in the UK as it seeks to fix a potential airbag safety issue.
Kia is recalling twenty-four Kia Sorento vehicles due to a fuel feed hose issue.
Mercedes-Benz dealers in the UK will apply software upgrades to “several hundred thousand” diesel engines as the premium brand bids to cut nitrogen oxide emissions on three million vehicles.
The Motor Ombudsman’s vehicle recalls online search tool has seen an 80% boost in consumer interest between January and April, with an additional 49,000 page views.
Recent figures reveal that most car owners ignore vehicle recalls - opening an opportunity for independents, according to TecAlliance.
Daimler AG is set to recall a million Mercedes-Benz vehicles worldwide after 51 fires were reported in newer model cars, reports suggest.
Nissan has been urged to carry out further safety checks to Qashqai SUVs after a pensioner was cleared of killing a pedestrian when lawyers argued that a malfunction had caused her car to accelerate “uncontrollably”.
Vauxhall has rebuffed suggestions that over one million Corsa hatchbacks could be at risk of fire following publication of a report in The Sun newspaper.
The total number of vehicles recalled this year in Europe is already 38% up on 2015’s total.
Kia Motors (UK) is recalling 9,955 Sedona models built between June 2005 and April 2014 to check the operation of the vehicle’s secondary bonnet catch.
Vauxhall bosses have told MPs that the brand became aware of a fire fault in the Zafira B back in 2009, admitting that it was “fortunate” no one has been seriously injured since.
Toyota and Lexus are recalling a total of 72,885 UK-registered vehicles as part of action to identify and fix potential issues which could result in a fuel leak or partial air bag deployment.
Kia Motors UK is recalling more than 5,000 Soul and Soul EV vehicles because of the potential for the steering to fail.
Vehicle history check expert HPI has launched a recall check service to help used car buyers to make even safer purchase decisions.
Barry Nielsen, automotive solutions director at Stericycle ExpertSolutions, warns the increased complexity of cars in the connectivity era could pose problems.
Volvo is recalling 7,000 cars in the UK because of a software fault that can briefly stop the engine.
The Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has upgraded Vauxhall's voluntary recall of Zafira B cars to a safety recall following fires in some vehicles.