Most Embarrassing Car Recalls
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You know what's embarrassing? Recalling millions of cars for stupid reasons. These are the most embarrassing car recalls of all time.
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Can we take a moment to appreciate how GM took half of all the spots on this list? Never stop being you, GM.
Lol, yeah really. After the fourth one, I was like wow, GM f**king sucks... I knew they were bad, and would never choose to purchase one, but, that's just pathetic. 🤣 GM - Garbage Mobiles
Downright.......embarrassing :D
On this particular list that he put together. But Ford is number 1 for recalls in general.
literally just had to junk my saturn aura🥲
Hey recalls keep me employed 😅
I actually worked for Volkswagen during diesel gate and learned a lot about why they did that from the inside, turns out the big three American motor companies were really upset that Volkswagens diesel cars were getting such amazing gas mileage so they lobbied in Congress to make the emission standards for diesel cars not trucks incredibly strict to the point of it being impossible to actually make a diesel motor in a car that both had enough power to be useful and got good gas mileage without subverting the emissions laws, meanwhile all the big diesel pickups have almost no emission standards at all
Land of the free
Make diesel cars great again
Average mega-corporation behavior
Monopoly
@@mworld2611 I didn't know US congress is a mega corporation
I just saw my car on the takata airbag list, called the dealership and I'm getting new airbags. Donut may have just saved my life, never thought I'd say those words
me hoping old owners did😹
Mazda emailed me years ago . And rang surprised you never got hit up. Must have a bad owner system in your country
@@mojoman2x440you don’t have to be the first owner to get your recall done. Go online and search if your car has any recalls
Still rocking my recalled passenger airbag. 😎 Dealer in my last town was evil and my car never gets passengers because our others are more spacious and comfy.
Holy shit imma do the same
I used to have a ‘04 Corolla that was recalled for the Takata airbags. But there’s more; when I bought the car, it had two recalls. One for the airbags, and a second for the airbag controller that had a chance to randomly set off the airbags at any time. So the car was literally a time bomb 😅
I drove an 04 civic with the same shit, crashed almost died in that car no airbags went off thank God, bad at the same time tho smaking into something stopped at highway speed
The famed Japanese reliability has always been a myth.....yes, some are reliable but many others aren't!
@@staggeringdeath8479 Stereotypes have truth, but are still stereotypes.
Mitsubishi had changed twice passenger airbag on my Lancer IX '07. They had change it for the first time, month after that they call me and say that they want to change it again.
@@Tismtay true
In light of GM's latest recall regarding the putting stickers on headlights to make them less bright, I would LOVE to see a video about the dumbest recalls/ recall fixes. This is day 1 of me asking
i cant believe this is real, actually nevermind I can. "we made our headlights too bright and got scolded for it 12 years late heres a sticker to make it slightly less bright instead of making our headlights dimmer"
@@horridbeast4089 I feel like this works, where I live people just use what ever bulbs are brightest because it helps them see and no one else. I have a slightly lower to the ground car and every single truck and suv decided its cool to blind me. the stickers seem like a sneaky way to make it harder to blind everyone
2018 Tahoe/Suburban had a Brembo upgrade that made it so that the spare didn't fit over the larger calipers. The recall was to print an insert to the owner's manual saying that if you got a flat in the front to move a rear wheel up, and put the spare on the back. Assuming that you can do that on the side of the road with a single scissor jack, and that you read your owner's manual.
Duuude I was just about to say that. I’ve done 10 of those recalls in the last week!
Ford did the same thing a few years back with the f-series of trucks when they were recalled for catching fire in the cabin. Aluminum foil tape 🤣🤣🤣
As a former Lexus Parts Manager, I was sending pallets of 100 Takata airbags back regularly. The HAZMAT shipping situation was crazy in the beginning but finally mellowed out. Passenger and Drivers airbags over multiple manufacturers, models, and years. A problem with no real end in sight. If I remember correctly a woman in Texas lost her life when a semi truck carrying pallets of bad airbags experienced a detonation on board. The woman was an innocent bystander nearby.
Did this count as a death from the original flaw or a death from the recall?
Turned the whole trailer of airbags into a bouncing Betty… sad
@@johndododoe1411 don't believe it was considered in either of the cases, and was handled separately. The airbag was removed from a vehicle, and in transit to be disposed of "Properly."
@@chuck.reichert83 Recalls always involve a calculation of deaths if we do, deaths if we don't. The recall causing a death skews the balance.
@@johndododoe1411 yes, but the devise was not secured in a manner in which it was intended to be during detonation. It was already known to be flawed, and potentially dangerous. I was pissed having a pallet of a 100 minimum sitting in the back of my warehouse for weeks sometimes when it was really backed up, but days on end minimum. The death of that woman should not have been considered in the recall or lawsuits associated with faulty airbags in vehicles. It should have, and likely was handled independently. There are too many variables.
A fun one that you mightn't know of in USA is that my '18 suzuki swift sport had a recall because closing the rear doors too hard could set off the airbags lmao
imagine a kid slammed the door
You got to love it when your car has a recall and every time you call the dealership they say they don’t have the parts to fix it yet. Thanks GM
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That’s on purpose. Plz don’t buy a gm product if u value your money
Ford recently had a similar situation with shifter cable bushings. When I was working for them we had a recall that was ongoing. People would call all the time and we had no idea when we would get the part or if we even would lol.
Oh man you won’t believe the parts shortages that are out there for all makes.
I worked for them for about 3 months before I got sick of watching them scam people. everyone tells you a mercedes is a money pit, buy a new escalade and watch your bank account drain. never seen more issues from the factory.
When I was working at Suzuki, they did a recall on the Celerio because the brake pedal assembly would collapse under heavy braking. (and the car wouldn't actually slow down) This was discovered during an Autocar emergency braking test.
BS you worked there. You just heard about it at old Top Gear.😆
@@TermlessHGW comments like yours are annoying as shit. My brother had a 300zx when I was younger and never shut up about it having "Diablo headlights", and every damn time I mention it someone always says "Nuh-uh!!! You heard about it from such and such!!!". It's fucking stupid.
Damn
@@TermlessHGW As if they would mention that.
@@DrEpicPhD They probably have, they can mention anything and everything
The air bag scandal is just insane. How can something like that happen.
Now I'm wondering if my 2003 E46 has had the recall done on it...
@@kapiicefruit put your VIN into the NHTSA recall database. It'll tell you what recalls are out on your car and should also tell you if the recall work has been completed
When a company making air bags for years makes a mistake it's kinda easy to hide if they had a really good reputation
@@simondoesthings That s why I still in trust with 4 pins seatbelt system than airbag bs. If it safer than seatbelt, why F1 car and rally dont have any airbag in it?
Incompetence. That's how something like that happens.
The story about the Ford Model T recall reminds us that early cars were not even completely non-organic. Wheel spokes were often made of wood, and seat cushions weren't filled with synthetic foam, like today. Can you imagine finding termites eating your wheel spokes? What would you do?
Chase the termites off
eat the termites, lovely snack
Call Orkin!
Back then, even the body frame was made of wood with sheet metal or varnished canvas applied to it.
I worked for Honda around three years and the airbag recall is still coming through shop doors all the time. But also gotta love the 16-2020 AC condenser recall where pretty much any civic of those years you bought the AC either didn’t work and blow hot air or barely worked but leaked out like 70% of the Freon 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Not as bad GM they are evil
After working at GM dealers for 6 years(left in 2015) the shortcuts GM takes on their recalls, of which there are many, is astounding.
Good old GM. Where the M stands for Malicious compliance.
gm is trash
If only I had a dollar every time I saw a brand new GM car with one of its light bulbs out. Seems to be a running gag over there.
I have an 04 Monte Carlo intimidator SS and when the ignition cylinder recall hit I remember the fix for it was they put a small plastic insert into my key to keep the ring from pulling down on the ignition cylinder.... that was really their entire fix
@@eurosonly lmao they sold my girlfriend's mom a brand new tahoe with the heated steering and other electrical features just not on the car, like when the computer chips or whatever come in she can come and get those features added, but holy shit i would've been clamoring for a discount
Surprised you didn't bring up the GM ignition key issue. You know, the one they hid for over a decade and when the new person came in to run GM, tried to blame her.
Yep that one was quite bad. They used to have a yearly meeting discussing their recalls and potential recalls and I remember that one being brought up. The thing about was NHTSA knew about it and let the situation be observed was enough for me to go from my janitorial sized keyring to house key and car key. (That change in behavior was the reason I remembered it a decade later when the recall finally happened). The Next year they cancelled the yearly meeting as it was probably doing more to kill morale than to inspire safety consciousness.
I bought a '99 Intrigue in 2002. Gave it to my mother in 2006, she drove it until 2016. We never had the ignition key problem - but, then again, the only thing on the key ring with the key was the remote fob. My stepmother had a '99 Alero V6, a friend of mine had a '99 Alero 4-cyl., neither of them had the ignition problem either - my stepmother only had the fob on her ring, and my buddy never had anything other than a lanyard and his house key on that ring.
The one where you "lost power steering?" which you only need at parking lot speeds...
@@jasonnikolauk4204 did you know of the one were the key gets stuck in the ignition? My moms car keeps getting the key stuck
Can someone explain what the issue is? I've never heard of this recall thing and after looking it up I couldn't find anything about needing to lessen the amount of stuff on the keyring
How GM is still in business is beyond me, corruption or something? No idea
Bail outs and patriots
Thanks Obamacare!
General Motors received $49.5 billion, repaid $38.3 billion, which left taxpayers an $11.2-billion loss in 2009.
The same here. It's mind blowing that GM still exists and now bringing Chinese made crap to the US.
Government bailouts and consequently China.
The bailouts I'm counting as the government apologizing for the several hundred strict regulations they're under, though. Not so mad about it.
@krle7970. That saved the unions not GM. GM would have survived.
Ford Pinto has entered the chat: giving Pumphery the incredulous look...
lol I can't believe the pinto and exploding fuel tank on 1973-87 gm trucks wasn't on this
The whole Pinto debacle was a direct result of the actions of one man, namely Lee Iacocca. He decreed that the Pinto could not weigh more than 2,000 pounds and not carry a retail base price in excess of $2,000. The original design of the sedan and Runabout included the shield for the gas tank. Good, old Lido insisted it be removed because of price and weight concerns. Bad enough, but he is also the one who had the risk analysis done that showed it was less expensive to settle the lawsuits resulting from inhury and death than it was to recall the cars and fix them. The wagons were not affected as the longer rear overhang protected the tank better.
I like how GM recalled the side effect of the shoddy engine mount rather than keeping it from happening😂
Even funnier, those engine mounts didn't change until the lt, they fixed the rubber and called it good, they never bothered because the 70s killed the sbc for hp and torque
At that time. ALL companies used the same mount design. GM was the only one to design the accelerator linkage where the engine would pull the throttle open in the event of mount failure. And SOME mounts will eventually fail no matter how well they're made. So it made sense to make it so failure wouldn't cause unintentional acceleration. Later they designed the Mount to have a secondary safety catch so the engine could only lift a little higher than normal if the mount failed in addition To replacing the linkage with an cable that wouldn't react that way. Good thing they did because some people wouldn't fix the mount until the secondary catch broke too.
Gm still can't make mounts. I've lost count on how many driver side motor mounts I've replaced on suburbans/tahoes/silverados/sierras/yukons
@@keithjones894 yep, so I replaced mine with the newer style poly mounts
@@keithjones894 you have a point there. I work at a FORD dealership. But probably 1 of 5 CHevy/GM Full sized Trucks and SUVs that our used car department buys to sell on our used car lot need the left motor mount. Our used car guy has gotten good at replacing them. We replace more GM mounts than FORD mounts.
Mercedes' early 90's biodegradable wiring is even more embarrassing even if they never actually recalled them
Or 90s/2000s Jeeps having rear mounted gas tanks, like ford pinto. Thing is, Jeeps are still everywhere, in greater numbers.
@@computernerdinside Oh yep we have a special tool to measure the distance between the tank and the rear bumper support I think it is, and if it is too close it gets a hitch installed 👀
Or the Toyota Prius floor mats that would stick the accelerator down
Embarrassing recalls are still better than no recalls for genuine yet ignored future problems in any vehicle...
Now that I see what's wrong with my air bag maybe I should actually go to the dealership and get that fixed haha. They left me mail about my car being recalled (honda accord 2007) for the air bags. And seeing this actually made me go and get it fixed 👍
it's free and they can do it in a couple hours. lol i'm glad you got it done!
That 94.9 thing in Seattle was totally real and totally insane, and it still hasn't been fully addressed due to supply chain issues.
Imagine changing your radio and then it’s stuck on NPR
Gonna have to tear out the dashboard with a crowbar before a proper fix is available
@@butterfingers-mcgee0511 stuck on a joe Biden speech.
Come on man
@@alexislaisney3749 NPR is supposed to be neutral, including speeches by Repugnicans too.
Supply chain issues with what it was 2014-2017 models not 2020
The VW one is a fascinating story because the independent testers were not testing for specific cheating on VW's part. They discovered it, because they tested emissions by driving the car rather than sitting it on a dyno and running it. The defeat device VW used was tweaked to detect if the car was stationary when the engine was running and would set a more economic mode in that case.
I'm shocked the pinto ain't here
The TDI recal worked out great for my mother. She got like $7000 back and the car still performs very well with the software updates. I got hit with the Takata think in my 2012 Silverhotto.
I’m forever replacing the passenger air bag inflators for that recall on gm trucks.
The Takata recall got me a job with a manufacturer so can't really complain about that one 😂
Ford Pinto: Wait, I’m not the most embarrassing?
Well that was technically not a recall...
Maybe burning to death was less embarrassing than having your family or neighbors razz you for buying a Pinto.
That was bad design, not quality
@@leumel900 1978 ALL pintos were recalled
How did this not make the list?
This reminds me of the time we we're passed down an Altima from a friend that recently passed away, and I wanted to have a look at the engine just to check it out. I hopped in, pulled the hood latch, the hood didn't seems to nudge, pulled the latch a few more times, pulled it harder, and decided to stop before I broke anything.
Later, I found a letter as we we're collecting papers and files from our friends home and found one that said "Your 2014 Nissan Altima needs a recall" and I thought to myself "Huh, must be for a stronger sun shade panel." (because the hinge for one in the car had snapped) Then I got more and more curious what it might say instead, I asked my parents what it was for, but they never opened it because they where focused on more urgent paper work like the friends medical insurance, social security number, etc. because the funeral/insurance business wanted that stuff ASAP. So I decided to pop the letter open myself and I saw big bold text saying "Item needing replaced: Hood latch" and I simply said "That clears a lot up..."
You could say that it really shed some light on the problem.
@@Razmoudah yeah I thought it had something to do with rims since the hood doesn’t open
6:55 How do you install a caliper and notice there is no pads?
I'm shocked of no mention of the "garbage" smell from the headrests of the Hyundai Palisades. That was an interesting recall.
I currently work for GM right now at a dealership and I'm still replacing Takata airbag charges because of how many vehicles were equipped with them. Every single Tahoe, suburban, and Silverado from 2008-2013 had these for their passenger airbags.
I have a 2011 silverado and still haven’t gotten my recall fixed, do I just take it up to a chevy dealership
@@carter2858 Call your closest Chevy dealership and set up an appointment
Holy shit Vinyl Scratch workin for General Motors?? Crazy
I took my mom's 2009 Mazda CX-9 to the dealership to have that fix done back in 2018, but the transmission blew up less than 3 years later.
Who burned their cheeks into the table🍑😂
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I cant stop looking at it!
Why did you have to point that out
8:46. Imma be honest. World peas had me giggling a bit.
I love it how James keeps slapping that burnt add print in the table! Lol
Looks like a butt. 🤷♂️🤣
Add print?
It resembling a butt 🤫
@@Bandit4557 Ass print. Use your critical thinking skills.
@@Aciimov really looks like a sack.
2:03 Fun fact: Berry bugs are actually arachnids, not insects. You may instead know them as chiggers, harvest mites, or brick bugs (because you find them on bricks a lot). They're the weird little red guys that bite you.
Google is probably to blame for this case of mistaken identity. When you type in berry bug into Google, the little search autocomplete thing shows a picture of one with the label "Insect"
Forget the cars, this is the real info I was looking for. The more you know...
Damn, I was eaten up by chiggers one night this summer. It sucked for weeks, and that was just my ankles.
What a horrible surprise it must've been for (the asses of) those new Model T buyers! Good thing for Ford there was no Toyota yet 😄 it would've turned me right off of all US cars
I swear your commercials are better than anything a marketing exec can think of. Freaking fantastic.
9:21 AHHH MY CAR
RED MK5 JETTA GANG
My mom has worked at a dealership call center for the past six years, which means, she always comes home with stories about these recalls and freaking out customers.
I can’t believe they didn’t include the MASSIVE Toyota recall on all box frames due to water getting trapped inside, causing them to rust. I know they covered it in another video but still, it was so huge
They didn't cover it because they're Toyota fanboys. Tacoma can do no wrong.
I had a Hyundai that had frame rust because water would collect in the U shaped frame. Car was an old beater, but they fixed it for free. Would have cost thousands.
@@snigs5T5 I mean given that a 20 year old Tacoma can be worth like 10 grand...
Oof that’s my biggest fear as a car guy. Rust. I live in the rust belt in Canada and, try my hardest to keep my car salt free. Couldn’t imagine it filling with water
To any Nissan vehicle that has a CVT continuous variable transmission in their car needs to put it in the recall list Nissan Altima rogue and Sentra are also on the list
'im not a doctor...anymore'🤣🤣🤣🤣 much love from South Africa James, we can't wait for Donut to tour our beautiful country
@Donut+1②③④②②⑧⓪⑥⑥⑤... SHUT UP
Nolan’s body builder voice was funny AF!😂
W donut for carrying the CZcams car community
You must not have heard about a little known giraffe called Cleetus
@@KineticTaco or stradman
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@@willwallace8191 comepletley different type of content
Search up ChrisFix, he'll help you do anything for your car
I think the most embarrassing recall was from Merzedes-Benz when their new A-Class flipped over during dynamic tests (Elch-Test)
Elk-test was their slur against a tough collision avoidance test not specific to elks, only to swerving. An experienced driver would drive towards some traffic cones at a set speed and swerve around them to check handling in emergencies. These were the first regular cars to flip over like a high truck.
Almost bought a first model A class. My ex wanted one badly. It was pos. Said no.
3:00 I'd personally never notice that issue cuz the only radio station I listen too is 94.9FM KUOW, Seattle's local NPR station 🤣🤣🤣
1:50 Wow, US car manufacturing mantra has been the same from the beginning! 😂
Absolutely no one:
James: *EmBARriSIN*
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@6:25 those Chevy Sonics are actually just rebadged Daewoo vehicles 😆
8:25 "Tesla it's not a bug it's a feature" 😂! They did it ! They really did it !😂
James : "Dying is embarrassing"
Me who's about to die within a few months because of a cancer : *smile in pain
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That's embarrassing
The worst part about recalls is I still have atleast 1 person a month come in to the dealership to get the Takata air bag recall
This will be me soon
I like how chevy named the car sonic, like why need breaks when you gotta go fast.
Cool thing about that car was the tachometer looked _kinda_ like Sonic doing his buzz-saw spin from the cartoon
10:23 "anymore" 😳🤣
My favorite embarrassing recall was a few months ago when Chrysler recalled a few thousand minivans due to the emblem on the steering wheel being improperly glued on
haha
I'm surprised that the tacoing Taco frames weren't on the list. Kinda disappointed I didn't get to hear James make fun of trucks folding themselves in half..
You guys haven't even skimed the top of the list of automotive recalls! Great video Donut!!
Exactly!
Exactly. This video is way too suspiciously short.
@eurosonly. Even talking about the major recalls on a single video should be at least half an hour long! Lol!
5:45 "Mercazies"
Bro you just saved my family!!! We have been getting recalls in the mail from mercedes over bad TAKATA air bags and we just haven't had time to take our mercedes in. Definitely parking it till then
I love how wholesome Goth Jerry and Jock Nolan's relationship is
My previous car had the airbags recalled, and when it got T-boned, the driver's side curtain airbag (the side it was hit on) DIDN'T GO OFF. NOTHING KEPT MY HEAD FROM SLAMMING INTO THE WINDOW.
The passenger side curtain airbag went off tho, despite NOBODY BEING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.
Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should've sued while I still had the car as evidence.
I don't think you can sue for side airbags not deploying they don't even have to be equipped with them under current laws
A driver died a month ago down here in Brazil from a Takata airbag. That was some messed up stuff!
11:04 I hope I'm not the only one that took a screenshot of that meme worthy photo, Just to motivate him when he has his next heart attack 🤷♂️🤣😂🤣😭😭...JK seriously though I hope he doesn't happen another one
James is such a good actor, I’m sure he gets an Oscar every day
get lost scammer
@@Adriano_leal agreed
@@sergio_-. man he was an actor.
Or he gets a Dirty Carl...
Can someone settle a debate for me? Does James wake and bake or day drink? I suppose both is an option too.
I remember the air bag situation. Here in Australia they made creepy ads about it that gives you the chills and they even made a website. Luckily my cars and my family members cars are safe. Also i little emissions don’t hurt.
That segment about the Mercedes that were not speed limited in reverse reminds me of the trucks I drove that would go 50+ mph in reverse. These were heavy trucks (as in Freightliner, Kenworth, ect) built in the 80's, that had no electronic nannies. One time I needed to go a few miles down a closed road, so I lined the truck up, put it in reverse, and flipped the range selector into high after I had got up some speed. I think I hit almost 60 before I got too scared. It was a concrete mixer truck; obviously this would not work with a semi tractor/trailer.
Haha yeah high range reverse in trucks is no joke. The old Macks I repair have the Maxitorque transmissions with selectable reverse, meaning you can shift all 5 gears while in reverse. You can go almost full speed backwards
10:35. I just realized my car is on that list and never got the recall taken care of...
2:50 some serious rap from my man 🔥
You guys should have included the link to the national recall website so people can check there cars.
The black and white picture of the truck " Oregon or bust" is my grandfather, his two sisters, brother-in-law and family friend. They traveled over here during the dust bowls to find employment and work. My grandfather is the one sitting on the ground to the right he was 17 at the time. They were starving, looking for work and a prayer. It was really cool saying that picture I have it hanging in my hallway. I absolutely love your guys's channel and I'm a new mechanic. I have a 95 Civic EG hatch that I want to start putting a boost into. You guys motivate me to learn. Thank you.
James, I don't know what your inspiration is for the way you deliver lines in these videos, but it's fantastic and I love it. It's like you're angry at the camera that you have to explain things, sometimes.
Mazda6 spiders in the gas tank recall was hilarious
that was in his original recall video, and that's literally the only one I remember from it cause it was so insane LMAO
Lmao so damn random
I'm surprised Kia isn't on the list or at least a well deserved honorable mention. Basically every modern model from 2012 to 2020 has a recall for catching fire.
GM transmissions throwing themselves into reverse is the most General Motors thing I’ve ever heard.
The fact that you call out all these companies for their shady practices, especially with public safety, either makes you not so smart or really freaking brave.
Whatever the case may be, I think I speak for every driver and every car enthusiast when I say Thank You Donut Media.
Your acknowledgment of our safety and well being doesn't go unnoticed.
Kinda surprised the Chevy Bolt EV didn't make the list. It's not often every single car gets recalled like that. Working for Old Dominion Freight, we've actually been seeing a lot of the replacement batteries come in to get sent off to dealers for replacing the poorly installed ones.
Had to find this one. Burned up peoples garages and caught houses on fire. They're still dealing with the lawsuits on that one.
And they're building a what, $2 billion factory to build more BEvs than ever... 🤣 The suckers that will be buying those
@@tonystolz4982 LG Chem's fault. Not GM's
LG Chem's fault. Not GM's
7:21 happened to my dad with his 65 impala when I was 10yo. it's had chains attached to the left mount where since, so if it breaks the chains stop the motor from moving heaps..
10:01…… Ouch. Why you gotta attack me like that dawg
No break pads killed me🤣💯
I'm suprised you brought up the GM transmission reverse recall vs the very well known Ford transmission recall where a running vehicle could come out of park and into reverse and all Ford did was put a sticker on the dash and the people were told to put their vehicle into park with force and turn their vehicle off when they parked.
I knew a guy who lost a brand new ford truck that way. Parked on his sloped driveway, went inside, and an hour later people were asking why his truck was in the middle of the lake
2:39 seems like a targeted attack as I sell my blue FD RX7 and now think "maybe I keep it..."
5:05 Apparently Mercedes went to the Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing school of designing transmissions.
I laughed way too hard at "I hope you like Ira Glass!"
We DO like Ira Glass.
I really loved the editing on this, even if the sound was messed up
Thought it only was me for a sec.
Can't believe you didn't mention the N52 PCV heater on BMWs (2006-2012).
They were recalled on around a million cars because they were causing fires, but the recall failed to fix it so they had to recall all those cars a second time.
But here's the kicker, the second recall failed to fix it so they recently recalled all those cars A THIRD TIME.
THREE RECALLS
FOR THE SAME ISSUE
ON THE SAME PART
WHAT IS BMW DOING???
Every edit that zooms in on James saying "embarrassing" with that voice is making me laugh so hard 🤣
I got a 2021 3500 ram bighorn and the most embarrassing recall was that the airbags through out the whole truck would not deploy in an accident.
I’m really surprised he didn’t include Rivian’s recall. They just recalled 13k of the 15.5k trucks they’ve made due to loose fasteners in the steering.
I don't own a Rivian, but my car also has a loose nut behind the wheel.
@@oopswrongplanet4964 I'll tip my waitress, don't worry
“I’m not a doctor….anymore”. I laughed a little too much at that! Thank you.
Yeah I was confused about that, was the a joke or?
I worked for a company called Autoliv. We took almost all business from Takkata. Here's some more insight on why they were dangerous. The Gas inside of the inflator would slowly break down and deteriorate the inflator itself. It was the chemicals they used and they knew about it and stayed quiet.
I've never been so excited to see Takata get the first place in the worst recalls
My parents were so mad when Dieselgate happened. My mom had a 2012 Jetta wagon that would do 45 MPG, had plenty of pickup, and had a 6-speed manual. Sadly it had to go, but my mom got a nice Passat out of the deal. I've gotten that car to make turbo noise. Stock. That thing is so much fun to drive.
They forced you to get rid of it?
Nothing like a donut media video to make my day a bit better looking forward to the fh5 update
I remember the Takata recall, my car got the "fixed" airbags.
This channel is a gift to humanity
I wanna add that "dying is embarrassing" quote as my desktop background now lmao.
Girl died 1/4 mile from my house from that air bag. Friends wife was a nurse that watched her bleed out in seconds
James saying "Embarrassing" is amusing me too much😂😂😂
My dad still has Honda Accord with that Takata airbag and ignores the letters they send him once a year about recall to this day lol
I bet there's a ton of cars with frag grenades in the steering wheel on the road right now
Some FCA cars too have a recall about engine mounts failing and their resolution when you take in your car is to put a chain around the engine so it won’t fall out the car. 😂
Required viewing right here.
You guys do great work!!
Pure gold from James.
Embarrassing" straight reminded me of the cat and the hat 😂