Report Reveals that Recalls Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon
NHTSA-mandated and OEM Voluntary recalls increased in 2018 from 2017 data, adding to the enormity of the recall crisis

In its third “State of Recalls” report, Recall Masters, the automotive industry’s leading provider of recall solutions, revealed that more than 32.7 million affected vehicles were accounted for in recalls mandated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in calendar year 2018. Another estimated...request a copy of the report
 

Technicians are the Key to
Dealerships’ Future
A Blog Post from Christopher Miller

Service departments account for and absorb most of a dealership’s losses in sales and fixed expenses. That is not going away anytime soon. With new car front-end grosses declining, most dealerships will increasingly rely on service business to, well, stay in business. The problem isn’t a lack of service business, but a shortage of qualified technicians to perform it. Also, according to a recent article in Automotive News, the race to acquire technicians may just be outweighed by the....read the full blog post here
 

Recent Recall News Highlights

• Volkswagen Recalls More Than 100,000 Vehicles Equipped With Defective Takata Air Bags

• Mercedes-Benz Recalls Nearly 300,000 More 2010-2017 Vehicles for Takata Airbag Defects

• Subaru Adds More Than 370,000 Vehicles To Takata Air Bag Recall List

• Toyota Adds Nearly 1.3 Million Vehicles to Takata Air Bag Recall

• Ford Adds Nearly 800,000 More Vehicles to Takata Airbag recall List

• Ferrari Adds More Than 11,000 Vehicles to the Takata Air Bags Recall List

• BMW Recalls More Than 80,000 2007-2013 Vehicles Due to Takata Airbags

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