Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

Wednesday, June 05, 2013 4:43 pm
By Tara Baukus Mello · Bankrate.com

Nearly 400,000 Ford and Lincoln cars from the 2013 model year are being recalled due to a fuel leak problem.

Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:00 am
By Claes Bell · Bankrate.com

Howdy, pilgrim, it’s another recall roundup (insert sound of blasting six shooters here). This week, we’ve herded up a whole passel of defective little doggies. Saddle up and find out if your auto is on the list! This month Ford announced it was expanding a recall of its Ford F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT trucks

Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:00 am
By Claes Bell · Bankrate.com

Howdy, cowpokes, and welcome to another recall roundup. This month there have already been around 3 million rootin’-tootin’ recalls, and here are the details on the biggest of the bunch. Yeehaw! It’s no surprise Toyota’s latest recall is the biggest doggie in this herd. The automaker issued recalls affecting 2.7 million Toyota and Lexus SUVs

Tags: auto, Cars, recall
Saturday, December 18, 2010 8:00 am
By Claes Bell · Bankrate.com

Yeehaw! It’s time for another rootin’-tootin’ recall roundup, and it looks like the 2011 models are looking to get a head start on potentially dangerous quality defects: Three auto manufacturers are already announcing recalls on 2011 models, and it’s not even New Year’s. Anyway, there’s a whole herd of recalls to cover here, so let’s

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:40 pm
By Claes Bell · Bankrate.com

Toyota recently corrected the electronic stability control problem in its Lexus GX 460 SUV that drew a “Do Not Buy” rating from Consumer Reports. The defect had previously made the SUV vulnerable to roll over in Consumer Reports tests. What’s interesting about this fix is that it shows off one of the strengths of the