Nissan recalls more than 236,000 Sentra sedans for steering problem
The recall covers Sentra compact cars from the 2020-22 model years and expands a June 2021 recall that affected nearly 139,000 Sentra vehicles from the 2020-21 model years.
Travel Troubleshooter: I might be on Alamo’s Do Not Rent list. Can you find out?
TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I recently rented a car from Alamo. I made a reservation online, but when I tried to pick up the car at the airport, a representative informed me that I could not rent from Alamo because I was on the Do Not Rent list.
Alamo said I had to resolve this through the corporate office of Enterprise, which owns Alamo. Unfortunately, I have had no success in resolving this issue there either.
Alamo says I owe $204 from a rental in 2018. I rented the vehicle while my car was being repaired, and there could have been a mix-up involving the insurance company’s payment. I called Enterprise and offered to pay the debt, but Enterprise could not locate the amount of the debt or the reason for it. In fact, the agent with whom I spoke could not determine if I was on the Do Not Rent list.
I’m happy to pay whatever I owe. At this point, I’m willing to pay even if this was a mistake. The brands Enterprise owns all are leading, trusted car rental car companies and are very competitive on price. I’d like to be able to rent from them again. Can you help me?
Looking for a new car under $20,000? Good luck. Your choice has dwindled to just one vehicle
By TOM KRISHER (AP Auto Writer)
DETROIT (AP) — Just five years ago, a price-conscious auto shopper in the United States could choose from among a dozen new small cars selling for under $20,000. Now, there’s just one: The Mitsubishi Mirage. And even the Mirage appears headed for the scrap yard.
At a time when Americans increasingly want pricey SUVs and trucks rather than small cars, the Mirage remains the lone new vehicle whose average sale price is under 20 grand — a figure that once marked a kind of unofficial threshold of affordability. With prices — new and used — having soared since the pandemic, $20,000 is no longer much of a starting point for a new car.
This current version of the Mirage, which reached U.S. dealerships a decade ago, sold for an average of $19,205 last month, according to data from Cox Automotive. (Though a few other new models have starting prices under $20,000, their actual purchase prices, with options and shipping, exceed that figure.)
The Mirage, with hatchback and sedan versions, costs less than half of what the average U.S. new vehicle does. That average is now just above $48,000 — 25% more than before the pandemic struck three years ago.
NHTSA opens query into Ford's handling of Mustang Mach-E recall amid new complaints
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation said it received 12 consumer complaints alleging a high-voltage battery main contactor failure in 2021-22 Ford Mustang Mach-E crossovers that were included in the recall and had been remedied before the incidents.
Tesla data breach blamed on 'insider wrongdoing' impacted 75,000
A total of 75,735 people were affected by the data breach. The people appear to be current or former employees of the automaker.