Hyundai has announced a recall affecting over 12,000 Veloster Models from the 2019 model year. Affected vehicles have a faulty driver door latch that, if involved in a side-impact crash, could open on its own, which could result in increased risk of injury to the driver. The problem with the 2019 Hyundai Veloster’s was discovered by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety as they were conducting side-impact crash tests on the 2019 model. During this test, “the door latch housing and locking cable became damaged causing the door to open,” NHTSA said in the safety recall report. Following this issue, Hyundai tried to replicate the issue but could not produce the same results. However, out of an abundance of caution they can working on a fix to improve the locking mechanism. At the time of publication, Hyundai is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to this recall. Consumers who have a 2019 Model Veloster should check to see if the vehicle they have affected.

Back in the news is Fiat Chrysler over a continued recall issue with Ram Tracks. Nearly a year ago, the company recalled roughly 1.6 million Ram trucks over an issue with the locking power tailgate. However, at the time in the recall, the affected models included the Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 from 2015 to 2017. Fiat Chrysler is now including the Ram models that have eight-foot beds which includes an additional 410,351 more trucks into the recall pool. While the issue with the affected models was fixed for the shorter-bed models, the redesigned part wasn’t included on the longer bed models until April 2018, thus affecting the eight-foot bed models from the 2015 model year until a production date of April 1, 2018. The company has stated they are unaware of any accidents or injuries that are related to the power lift gate recall and are also reimbursing any owners who had repairs made to address the problem prior to the recall notice.