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Toyota calls shenanigans on ABC news segment, claims test was “artificially manipulated” and “unrealistic”

Published March 8, 2010 by Zane Merva

Just when you thought you’d heard the last word on Toyota’s acceleration problems, the company is fighting back. Today the company stated that it had comprehensively tested claims made by ABC News andProfessor David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University and found those claims not only wrong, but “artificially manipulated” and “unrealistic”. Read on for a link to the original testing by ABC and Toyota’s full statement.

VW DSG reader stories round 3 – “Flash of death” woes lead to brand new recall

Published August 31, 2009 by Zane Merva

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Late Friday night we broke the news that Volkswagen of America was offering up another 53,000+ vehicles as part of a second recall concerning its DSG transmission. Our readers knew something bigger than a simple temperature sensor acting up was afoot and let us know. Here’s a few more of the emails that we’ve received.

Volkswagen recalls 53,300 new vehicles, announces service program to address DSG complaints

Published August 28, 2009 by Zane Merva

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Volkswagen Group of America has announced that it will ramp up an official customer service program to specifically address DSG related issues for Volkswagen and Audi models. At the same time, the company announced a new recall that includes over 50,000 vehicles.

VW DSG reader stories round 2- Failures reported in non-recall models

Published August 26, 2009 by Zane Merva

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It’s time for round two of reader-submitted Volkswagen DSG failure stories. Today we have three stories, each bringing new light to how widespread the DSG failure issues may be while posing an entirely scary question- Is the current recall just the tip of the iceburg? You don’t want to miss this.

How long has Volkswagen/Audi known about DSG recall related failures?

Published August 24, 2009 by Zane Merva

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After news of the Volkswagen & Audi recall broke last week we asked for your DSG failure experiences. One email in particular, from reader Adam M. brings up an interesting question regarding the so-called “flash of death”. How long has VW known about the potentially serious safety aspects of the failing transmission temperature sensors?

Flash of death? Volkswagen & Audi DSG recall issues caught on video

Published August 21, 2009 by Zane Merva

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Yesterday we reported that Volkswagen & Audi were recalling 13,500+ vehicles equipped with it’s DSG transmission. Today we’re finding out the recall may just be the tip of the iceburg. After the jump we have videos of what happens when the transmission fails and more information on the recall.

Volkswagen recalls 13,500 2009/2010 Jetta, GTI, and EOS models

Published August 20, 2009 by Zane Merva

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Just in off the wire- Volkswagen has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 13,500 vehicles equipped with its DSG transmission. The recall includes Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GTI, and Eos models built between September 2008 and August 2009.

Suzuki Recalls Some ‘05 and ‘06 GSX-R1000 Motorcycles

Published February 5, 2009 by Greg Tariff

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Suzuki Recalls Some ‘05 and ‘06 GSX-R1000 Motorcycles

We at Autoinsane.com highly urge all ‘05 and ‘06 GSX-R1000 Motorcycle owners to contact your Suzuki Motorcycle dealership to get your cycle checked out for your own safety. Suzuki is promising if cracks are found during the inspection, the frame will be replaced with a new frame that has the reinforcement brace installed, providing a five year warranty on the frame and the frame reinforcement brace beginning on the date of installation by the dealer.

32,865 08/09 Dodge Rams recalled

Published January 21, 2009 by Greg Tariff

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The new 2008/2009 Dodge Ram truck model has not been out for that long, and already there is a recall. Be sure to read this article so you know what to watch out for and make sure you contact your local Chrysler/Dodge dealer to get your truck fixed.