You see and hear it on a weekly basis; Recall. This vehicle, that baby product, food companies, and the list goes on and on. But the vehicle industry keeps making headlines by recalling units due to a plethora of reasons.

In a Forbes.com article, automakers issued no fewer than 300 separate vehicle recalls for safety-related issues during 2022.

Millions of automobiles from all the major makes were contacting owners about leaks, possible fires, part failures, and faulty components, just to mention a few.

GREATEST NUMBER OF RECALLS?

It was stated in the Forbes article by the National Traffic Safety Administration, that Ford lead the pack in issuing the most recalls in 2022, with 67 separate campaigns affecting 8,636,265 vehicles.

From the F-Series pickup trucks to the Ford Bronco and Ford Escape SUVs.

"Recalls are issued when vehicle owners, regulators, or manufacturers determine that a faulty component presents an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet stated standards in this regard. the most common components to trigger safety-related recalls include seat belts, brakes, electrical components or wiring, tires, door latches, fuel pumps, and ignition switches."

YOUR CAR RECALL

Has your vehicle been the subject of a recall? Don't let this slip through the cracks. It could mean the difference between your safety and the well-being of the car. According to Carfax, more than 50 million vehicles continue to be driven with one or more known issues that have yet to be repaired.

2023 VEHICLE RECALLS

  • Ford: 67 recalls, 8,636,265 units
  • Volkswagen Group: 45 recalls, 1,040,885 units
  • Fiat-Chrysler/Stellantis: 38 recalls, 3,041,431 units
  • Mercedes-Benz: 33 recalls, 969,993 units
  • General Motors: 32 recalls, 3,371,302 units
  • Kia: 24 recalls, 1,458,962 units
  • Hyundai: 22 recalls, 1,452,101 units
  • Tesla: 20 recalls, 3,769,581 units
  • BMW: 19 recalls, 1,000,455 units
  • Nissan: 15 recalls, 1,568,385 units

Take a look at the current automobile recalls. Is your's on the list?

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There are some things you can do on South Dakota roads that you may have once thought illegal but aren't. Like, can you ride in the back of a pickup, or drive barefoot in South Dakota?

While perusing the South Dakota Department of Public Safety I was reminded of some things that come up in conversation quite often.

Here are a few to ponder:

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To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.