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The bulk of the U.S.- and Canadian-made vehicles -- 807,000 -- will be recalled in the United States, while 52,000 will be called back in Canada....More

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies makes a move away from batch production with the introduction of a single-piece-flow molding process....More

Repaying customers who relied on the faulty mileage claims when purchasing their cars 'will be something that haunts the companies for a long time to come,' said one analyst....More

GM told the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration that tabs on the transmission cable in certain Saturn, Chevrolet and Pontiac sedans can fracture and separate....More

The key is to continuously drive improvement in the process to advance its maturity and better deliver product to customers....More

Toyota Motor Corp. (IW 1000/5) said it is recalling 600,000 vehicles in Europe to check for loose nuts in the rear wheel area, following a similar recall in the United States. The recall concerns three models -- RAV4 sport-utility vehicles, Avensis family and Auris compact cars -- and follows the recall of 780,000 U.S. vehicles for the same problem. Toyota said the recall is not due to a "concept or design" error but a problem that arises during maintenance....More

U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced an investigation into problems with stuck accelerators in Ford and Mazda sport-utility vehicles....More

"Zero is a beautiful number," says Todd Seeley, director of operations and plant manager at Case New Holland's Wichita, Kan., manufacturing plant. "Our goal is not to be 20% better or 50% better," he says, "We want a zero-problem" site....More

Radius Steel CEO credits employees' precision for quality products....More