As many as 225,000 steel frames under Toyota Tacoma and Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs may need to be replaced, says a lawyer who helped settle a class-action lawsuit against Toyota over the frames' ...

Shopping for a used car this spring? We have a cautionary tale. Jim Williamson's 2005 Hyundai Sonata appears to be in great condition at first. But what lies beneath is another story. The subframe, ...

Frame rust is bad, that’s no secret. Anyone who’s shopped for an XJ Jeep Cherokee, second-gen Toyota 4Runner, or pretty much any Ford F-150 knows to look for signs offrame rust, as it can quickly ...

Toyota didn't become a global auto manufacturing conglomerate by accident. Japan's largest automaker has steadily built a reputation for quality, dependability, and reliability since debuting its ...

The lawyers in the class-action suit against Toyota over rusted frames on many of its most popular trucks are seeking almost $10 million in fees, according to court documents. The settlement will cost ...

YADKINVILLE, N.C. — Michelle Craft needed a new car. She did some shopping around and settled on a 2008 Ford Escape from a local dealership. The car had more than 160,000 miles on it, but it was ...

I have under two months to get my $500 Jeep DJ-5D Dispatcher ready for a 3,500 mile road trip from Michigan to Utah and back, so yesterday I wrenched until I dropped. Not from fatigue, though, but ...

Toyota has reached an agreement in a class action suit brought by U.S. owners of several truck models over the issue of frame rust protection, Reuters reports. The automaker is expected to reach a ...

Steel is almost the perfect material to build a car with. Inexpensive, strong without being brittle, and a modulus of elasticity that allows it to take a beating without permanently changing shape, ...