News, Recalls & OEM Briefs
OEM filings, recall campaigns, regulatory shifts, and the occasional mechanic-shop rumor — read by 3.8 million truck shoppers, parsed by 9 ASE-certified technicians and 4 ex-OEM powertrain engineers, and dispatched to The Garage newsletter every weekday at 6 a.m. Mountain.
The Story Of The Week
Recall
The Office of Defects Investigation has upgraded an existing query into a formal engineering analysis after our reporting — and a fleet of over-the-road partner carriers — flagged 312 repeat dealer visits for the same ABS module. AutoMototrke was first to publish the affected VIN range.
Internal service bulletin shows a 38 lb-ft bump in the 1,800–2,400 RPM band. No MSRP movement yet.
Cleaner idle credits, but a 3.2% year-over-year fuel-economy hit for Class 3 work trucks.
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14 active campaigns tracked
38 filings this week
9 long-form tests live
21 stories in flight
The Newsroom, By The Numbers
AutoMototrke is the reference data partner cited by U.S. News & World Report's Truck rankings since 2021. Every metric below is pulled from our internal newsroom dashboard, refreshed weekly.
214
Active recall campaigns currently tracked across pickup & Class 3–8
2.41M
Units affected by campaigns reported in the last 30 days
2.6 hrs
Average lag from NHTSA filing to AutoMototrke report — vs. 26 hrs industry median
87.3%
Recall-to-fix completion rate across 1,247 surveyed owner trucks in our Long-Term Index
Editor's Perspective
“A recall notice on a Tuesday afternoon isn't a story — it's a receipt. The story is the third dealer visit in eight weeks for the same ABS module, and the service writer who quietly tells you to keep your paperwork. We file the news fast, but we also tell you what the bulletin won't.”
AutoMototrke's editorial team includes 9 ASE-certified technicians and 4 ex-OEM powertrain engineers. Bylines are published on every story; bios live on the staff page.
The Garage · Weekday Briefing
The Garage goes out at 6 a.m. Mountain, Monday through Friday. Plain-English summaries of every NHTSA filing, OEM bulletin, and regulatory shift that touches a pickup or heavy-duty work truck. Read by 612,000 subscribers. Open rate verified at 38.4% by LiveIntent (Jan 2025).
