Sunday
May042014

24,889 Honda Odyssey minivans recalled for non-deploying side airbag glitch

Honda is recalling 24,889 Odyssey minivans in North America from the 2014 model year to fix a defect where the side air bags may not deploy during a crash. Honda will start notifying owners May 16. The  flaw iscaused by a shorting terminal, Honda has had  ongoing problems with airbag defects on some of its cars.

Source: CBC News

Sunday
May042014

GM recalling 51,640 SUVs due to defective fuel gauges

GM is recealling 51,640 SUVs from their Buick Enclavee, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia lines from the 2014 model year. The recalled models were built between March 26 and Aug. 15 of 2013. The key defect is the engine control module software that leads the fuel gauge to read inaccurately. This could result on sudden stalling when the vehicles run out of fuel.  

GM doesn’t know of any crashes or injuries related to the problem and  dealers will reprogram the software for free, starting immediately. The company will also notify owners by mail. This follows an earlier recall in March for faulty airbag wiring that  illuminates the airbag warning light while leading to failure of deployment.

Source: TIME

Sunday
May042014

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 4/27-5/3

Sunday
May042014

Vine revamps website to attract more users

Vine is making it easier for the World Wide Web to view your clips with the redesign of its site. Previously, the site only lets users visit their home feeds or view another user’s profile and clips. Now, you don’t have to be a registered user to watch clips. The site has sections like trending tags, channels, playlists, featured videos, and popular now clips.

Source: The Verge