One in five cars on Canadian roads have been recalled. Has yours?
Posted August 18, 2023 7:10 am.
In today’s Big Story Podcast, a recent report found that 6.6 million cars are being driven in Canada that have been recalled by a manufacturer for one reason or another. Some issues are minor, some could be deadly, and in many cases, the owners simply don’t know the issue exists.
How does this happen? Well, the world of automotive recalls is changing fast, technology is taking leaps that make some vehicles less reliable and the recall system itself is … a little convoluted.
Lorraine Sommerfeld is a columnist at driving.ca. She said just because a manufacturer recalls a car, doesn’t mean they’re able to fix it.
“Sometimes when it’s a component that some manufacturer makes that is in many brands of cars, like the airbags, it can impact millions and millions and millions of cars and they don’t have the parts for it,” said Sommerfeld.
Today, a look inside the world of getting your car fixed, for free. Or not.
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