The worst SAFETY recalls for each major car brand! OMG!

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Have you ever found yourself wondering what some of the biggest car recalls of all time have been? Well if you have, then you’re in luck!
We’ve done some digging and we’ve compiled this list of the 25 biggest recalls of the past 30 years. Whether it be issues small issues affecting a handful of vehicles, or major issues that lead to hundreds of thousands of cars being recalled, they’ll be included in this list!
To clarify, the numbers included in this video are just for cars in the UK! The same issues are likely to have happened to cars outside of the UK, but unfortunately we don't have the numbers for those!
So, have you ever had to have one of your calls recalled? Let us know what it was in the comments, and whether it appeared in this list!
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[@carwow]

Share your ideal 3 car drag race line-up BELOW!

[@nishanthv8758]

Hi

[@bafanamachika5495]

Pls race GTI vs GLI

[@AjayKumar-yj9jf]

One video on mercedes benz slr McLaren review please sir request to you 🙏🙏🔥🔥

[@georgedowns4034]

Mat you are clearly running out of ideas with your videos...

[@Arnold28200]

I want E46 M3 vs E55 AMG vs RS4 (the same year).

[@HughRussell06]

Mat’s house: gets robbed Mat: googles help me carwow

[@duck8508]

Smart

[@FormulaBeam]

Lol I would do dat

[@jasdevsond]

Or he would say "so what exactly happened... the robber emptied the living room in a stunning 10 minutes"

[@TheCheaphead]

Volvo had the same issue on their new cars not so long ago. But they realised it pretty early on. Still a couple of recalls.

[@marnixmone2727]

Don't forget the Mini Cooper 1.5 with its crankshaft bearing problems, it can cost a complete new engine

[@busixnesse7384]

The toyota 86, a gasket melted , stopping oil flow to the engine, destroying the entire motor.

[@briansteele2723]

Next, mechanical recalls and engine fails, BMW x3s, VW group dual mass flywheels all seem to slip through the recall/ design failure hoop and instead are just things that if lucky you catch during the warranty period

[@lightningbot85]

3:00 chevy still sells cheap cars in the US, their cheapest is the spark ($13,400 or £9,486) and they sell many more suvs that go from $19,000/£13449.80 (the trailblazer) and of course there are more expensive models then those.

[@Mistah-k5c]

We. Need. Mat vs Yianni running race!

[@marcello087]

How Did you get here the picture of Citroen Picasso with Slovakian license plate? ☺️👍

[@littae311]

I was kind of nervous while watching it. Because my car might be on the list🥶

[@martinhowell5775]

They sold more than 30 thousand rover 75's!

[@markusdeep42]

All these car recalls are from the UK 🇬🇧. It’s also known that British drivers take care of their cars. But what about their quality drives? They are not known to be good drivers at all. No surprise for all these recalls.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

Why are British drivers not any good??

[@mineamicheal]

All those Chevrolet car names were wrong except the Captiva

[@mallhar9964]

WTH uk got a swift as a 2 door and india where suzuki has the largest market didn't launch the 2 door swift

[@mikedavies4387]

Toyota yaris Air bag replacement had the car for 4 weeks there excuse was they had the wrong one sent

[@duck8508]

Everyone: when is the foot race comeing from mat and yianni Me: *waiting for doug demuro collab*

[@HughRussell06]

@Mr Wolt stole your comment

[@duck8508]

@@HughRussell06 thx for telling

[@cactus3796]

no doug demuro sucks. he is so cringe and his production quality is awful. Carwow, althought it is a corperation, is MUCH better. Matt Watson >>>>>> Doug

[@mulsanne1]

@@cactus3796 who asked

[@paolosioson5013]

@@cactus3796 guess what he never cared about being professional; he always just wanted to be himself and do what he loves by reviewing and driving whatever he wants how he wants to

[@erminhadzajlija5405]

I know this isn't drag race but we need to see Bugatti in drag race.

[@ypsircxd5814]

TRUEEEEEE just imagine how amazing would it be

[@dicepsio811]

Stradman did one before with his if u want to watch that

[@erminhadzajlija5405]

@@dicepsio811 already watched it, but I want to se Matt drag race with Bugatti, thanks though

[@BrainLight123]

Lord Aleem said he would love to bring his Bugatti for a drag race with Carwow!

[@superchargedv8146]

Buggati Veyron vs the 911 turbo s

[@MaChuda69]

So Finally this list was topped by Takata👍👍 🤣🤣

[@tomis1439]

Well over all globally it didn't :))

[@rolutarboi1306]

TAKATA G4NG

[@SyncedA]

If Ferrari made more 458 Italia’s it would’ve got the top spot easily lol

[@dragosdobra9521]

What problem it has?

[@SyncedA]

@@dragosdobra9521 a bit over 1200 were recalled because the adhesive was prone to catch fire and soon the fire would spread to the whole car.

[@B4R0N.]

@@dragosdobra9521 They were literally burning with passion!

[@tineshboopathy9819]

@@SyncedA Ferrari MasterBlan.

[@FBIAgent-eq1ry]

69th like

[@yousufahm_ed]

Clicked faster than a Bugatti could do a 0-60 😐

[@johndavidson3424]

Faster than Bugatti Bolide too??🤔🤔.

[@hariskhalid2323]

@Shyne Tainyun congratulations you've reached humor

[@hariskhalid2323]

@Shyne Tainyun exactly

[@hariskhalid2323]

@Shyne Tainyun WoW

[@rita-want-sex152]

video games

[@Hadhoudtn]

10:55 As a 206 lover, It's a pleasure to hear you say that the 206 is a good car ;) It would be nice if you drag raced it against its rivals. For example, a 206 RC (or GTI in the UK) versus a Clio 2 RS etc..

[@warrior8154]

Ez win for clio 2rs It has the most power yet the best

[@damilolaakanni]

I like the small size of the 206, but I'm afraid I won't be able to fit in one easily (I'm about 6 feet tall) so it's the 307 for me or the 406, maybe.

[@Hadhoudtn]

@@damilolaakanni I'm 181cm tall, so pretty close to 6 feet right? And I don't have any problems driving a 206. The seat is quite comfortable for a small car. However there is almost no room left for the rear passenger and I don't care lol

[@warrior8154]

@@damilolaakanni xD

[@rdsonline940]

2:07 Jeremy did always said he liked the rover 75

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

I’ve seen the Ford Puma had some recalls for airbag failure.

[@guano1274]

That Takata... my BMW E39 was recalled for the same reason (but driver airbag), the Gf made fun of me for it (get a Mercedes next time!) and just a few months later her A Class was also recalled for the airbag. I guess who laughs last...

[@godzillanismo4892]

Mat: So what exactly happened? Car maker : bring back the cars please we need to fix a lot of things

[@dragospahontu]

German cars are shit, as you can see Lexus is the best.

[@rita-want-sex152]

get

[@neeljavia2965]

@@dragospahontu Even japanese are on the list.

[@dragospahontu]

@@neeljavia2965 yes but that's ok

[@BaldyBriand]

@@dragospahontu any Japanese car is better than German

[@milada5251]

What is wrong with the guy naming Chevys, he seemed to have lost his "spark" 😬😂

[@jeremyfong5684]

Maybe he missed a “Beat”

[@dabruhbex4080]

Maybe he lost his “trax”

[@yurielcundangan9090]

OnlyFans knew that this Clip was a Re-Upload

[@copyrightednametakendown9940]

Bruh

[@ack434]

"OnlyFans"

[@dragospahontu]

@@ack434 man mat steals money

[@gavinwyllie7855]

Do you have to repeat your own comment for more likes? Twat.

[@callumwellington8620]

This Mazda boot strut thing happened to a Mazda I had from 2013. Bloody thing wouldn’t stay open. Also had the Honda Jazz airbag issue which was also fantastic. I’m very lucky with recalls

[@vodafoneuser1690]

How about buying a European car for once

[@callumwellington8620]

@@vodafoneuser1690 I did, a Volvo and it has had no problems so I’ll be sticking Europe

[@edfitzpatrick2548]

Incorrect! I’m a Nissan technician, the recall is literally a rubber bung, that goes onto the child lock. It takes 10 seconds

[@duomaxwell5807]

I'm a technician also...I remember that one...I wouldn't even call that a recall imo

[@bensyraj9985]

yo i am so early . it would be sick if carwow would give me a reply . tell mat to sell his mx5 and buy a mr2 and we want mat vs yianni foot race and also doug demuro collab would be sick. and gtr vs gtr pro vs gt bs vs sls bs

[@carwow]

We'll pass the message on 😉

[@bensyraj9985]

yo thank u carwow u were quicker than a tesla roadster\toreply to me

[@suriyas.b8399]

@@carwow wat u reply to comments

[@LM-oh3vw]

Who else would like to see a Fiat Panda 4x4 from the ‘90 in an off-road test?

[@felixgranger372]

Imagine all the furious Karens when their Kia Carens had to be recalled…

[@1985toyotacamry]

I don't want to think about that

[@samuelurb2214]

SUKA

[@Asif-kh-n9r]

Apparently all the managers had to work overtime

[@felixgranger372]

@@Asif-kh-n9r It must have been exhausting working with so many Carens

[@Asif-kh-n9r]

@@felixgranger372 after they had to deal with all the Karens

[@LightningMcqueenFan-vf2hh]

A couple of months later, the Hyundai Tucson recall also affected Kia Sportages built between 2015 and 2020

[@TheAviationChannel]

3:49 *"Karens"*

[@2ndGen_HondaNSX-R]

2:07 Mr.Jeremy Clarkson.

[@ethan_hsv62l]

My dad owned an A4 made between 2011 and 2015. He never took it in for the recall and sold it for a 2016 A4 and Audi wouldn’t leave him alone about it until he told them he didn’t own the car any more

[@ethan_hsv62l]

@WΑΝΤ Ś Έ'X !!! lοοκ my νιdeο ! no he sold the car because he wore out the wheel bearings

[@straightbusta2609]

@@ethan_hsv62l Dude thats a bot lol

[@ethan_hsv62l]

@@straightbusta2609 ik haha

[@anubhabsamadder]

I came here faster than Minato⚡

[@rita-want-sex152]

good to

[@jupiterlesabe]

The yellow flash

[@NSK9574]

For my first time in the car wow channel.i am the first viewer and first to comment on this channel.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@R0BFalcon]

Every car and stat presented is good to know, thank you. Please re-run the stats as; the number of recalls vs the number of that model produced. per capita so to speak..

[@ww3110]

Thanks for the heads up, just got my E46 booked in for the recall haha, would never have known! 🥴

[@hannowilken856]

5:03 the only car with oil cooled brakes. Nice Feature! At least they last a bit longer😂

[@booooooooooooooooooooooo]

Hyundai/Kia just recalled just about every car you made in the past couple of years. Apparently the ABS board could short circuit and cause an engine fire

[@joshbacon8241]

1:22 - I believe the reason why it’s a legal requirement for indicators to flash quicker when a bulb has gone is so that once a driver notices that their indicator is flashing quicker than it should, they will realise that their bulb has gone out and, depending on where it was blown, was misleading other traffic into thinking it was going to go straight on but was actually going to turn either left or right until the blown bulb was replaced by a new bulb.

[@nickcook7408]

WRONG. When one indicator lamp blows the resistance in the circuit changes and the relay behaves differently because it ‘sees’ more resistance.

[@frank198011]

It was a while ago when my friend had a renault laguna 1997 2.0 litres. He removed the factory stereo to fix some sort of issue, when he was putting it back, which required the same simple process as the removal, just clicking together few plastic connector, the passenger side airbag blow up and smack him on the face, he literally went unconscious. But guess what, the stereo was working perfectly afterwards.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

That's why you disconnect the battery first🤣🤣

[@wekso3473]

I really want a dodge durango review.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

You'll never find one on here.

[@wekso3473]

@@gavinwyllie7855 :(

[@BlaxJakx]

Another good one is a Honda Jazz brake disc fault which was fitted faulty by a lad who worked on the line in the Swindon plant 2 processes back from where I worked at the time, i remember the day a few of us realised the fault, we told the line / section manager and it affected a run of cars built for north/ south Africa... funniest thing is the the fault was noticed on one of the last 10 to be built in that 7500 batch for Africa 🤣

[@masoudhosseini9204]

In the 2000s, Peugeot 405s built in Iran by IKCo caught fire spontaneously and doors became locked! This led to tragic death of some people unfortunately! They fixed the issue and continued production of Peugeot 405 until around last year. I guess they are still manufacturing some version of it today!

[@vito601]

Aah yes the great airbag failure of 2000’s

[@fecardona]

25 Jaguar 24 Suzuki 23 Rover 22 Seat 21 Chevrolet 20 Kia 19 Jeep 18 Mitsubishi 17 Land Rover 16 Mercedes 15 Renault 14 Audi 13 Hyundai 12 Volkswagen 11 Mazda 10 Citroën 9 Volvo 8 Ford 7 Fiat 6 Honda 5 Peugeot 4 Nissan 3 BMW 2 Lexus and Toyota 1 Vauxhall

[@thomaspalmer1019]

A month ago, we replaced our 2006 Toyota Corolla Verso, and we realised we were unable to sell it due to it having an outstanding recall. And ... surprise surprise ... it was an airbag defect!! But sure enough, we had it repaired in no time and sold it on. (And btw we got a 2017 VW Passat as a replacement!)

[@supriyadhieliu7857]

However, problems like these in UK weren't that severe as the ones in the US. Because, as you know, in the US, Hyundai and Kia's Nu and Theta engines: it could bog down the engine, or worse: IT CAUGHT FIRE!!!

[@andrefortuin4554]

Here in South Africa, between 2015 & 2017, a lot of brand new Ford KUGA's caught on fire, BRAND NEW!!! Apparently it was a cable under the bonnet that got very hot and caught fire, fortunately only one person lost his life because of it, they also had to RECALL a lot of KUGA's

[@jameshiggins8329]

On my 2003 S Type all my brake pipes corroded. Complete brake failure (electronic handbrake did not work in addition to brake pedal) circa 2006 from memory. Repaired under warranty. Never heard if recall happened. Had to stop the car by going down the gear on 6spd auto box and then put it into reverse ........maybe the reason my auto box gave problems 2015 until 2017 when I sold it. 25k for car, 3k for extended warranty and about 3k in repairs. 31k plus service costs for 14 years of luxury driving with only that one brakedown which happened near home so I was not stranded. Pretty fair all things considered.

[@roseyboi1]

The original Audi TT was recalled for downforce issues at motorway speeds. And so was the revised Jaguar XK8. Think both manufacturers slapped a lip spoiler on the rear of them.

[@neeljavia2965]

Mercedes loves their airbags so much. Afterall they introduced it in the first place.

[@module79l28]

I drove a 1997 Opel Astra Caravan between 2005 and 2018. Never had any issues with the brakes and I've never heard anything about any recalls. Could it have been a problem exclusive to the Vauxhall "version"?

[@jorrit_o]

We have a W204 C-Class Facelift which has been recalled twice because of AirBag issues…. but I don’t really mind it because i know they would probably work perfectly now 😂

[@wyattcallison3258]

I figured the Toyota one would be the rust problem in the Tacoma’s. didn’t know about the airbag problem though

[@sudd3660]

i just have to say the obvious, all new cars should be recalled since the large screen and no physical buttons is a hazard. not to mention the wireless tech and flickering lights on cars.

[@dwade3202]

vw would go broke af lol

[@H.K_R]

Ok boomer

[@rdmz135]

No physical buttons is the real hazard. Screens are fine. Anyone trying to touch the screen while driving INSTEAD of using buttons has chosen to receive the Darwin award.

[@sudd3660]

@@rdmz135 buttons are tactical, dont require much attention like a screen does. and a screen does a lot of content that makes everything worse, and should not be in a vehicle. just think about it.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

What flickering lights??

[@filonemanuel6330]

My daily driver (w211 non facelift e class) had a recall too, had a problem to the sbc brake system (eould fail ffter 300,000 brake uses) thay had to be revised by mercedes to improve the reliability

[@triplettutorials8334]

Porsche 911s turbo vs Bentley Beetle vs Ferrari 250 GTOs I hope you don't crash the $55 million Ferrari 250 GTOs

[@tomis1439]

Matthew!!! You need a recall on your video, non of you links popped up! Non!!! I hope Takata didn't manufactured your pop up links.. :O

[@erikgranqvist3680]

Audi heater element. That is a major job. Usually you need to remove large parts of the dashboard to get to the heater element. In some modells it can easilly be more then a days job.

[@BIZKIT551]

I had a 2008 1 series BMW with an outstanding recall for the heating system blower replacement. Apparently it could get hot enough to start or a fire... go figure

[@drxym]

Car manufacturers don't have to recall. They get their actuaries and lawyers to work out how much it costs to fix something vs the legality of the fault, damages, fines, reputational damage and other liabilities of not fixing it.

[@chrisg4rr377]

I worked at fiat at the time of the brake pipe recall. Fiat used to pay 4 hours to replace the pipes. I got that used to doing them that i could repipe the whole car and bleed thr system in 30mins. Shame i never got a bonus back then :(

[@savvasstavridis2955]

Working in a merceses and vag mechanic shop ive seen a lot of recalls for most of vw hybrids and electric cars, something about the seal on the battery pack, also on mb w213 one wire has to be overridden under the hood.

[@TheFrag81]

Need to make a list about when manufacturers refused to recall like what Peugeot did with that same 206, when it was discovered that engines weren’t turning off with the ignition, resulting in overheating & catching fire

[@PierreBez1]

So there was no recalls on the Ford Kuga because the engine bay would spontaneously combust and leave the car up in flames. Here in South Africa we had plenty of those

[@badrc350]

I work at Mazda here in Germany, we also had Airbag recalls. This included the Mazda 2 (DE), Mazda 3 (BK and BL), Mazda 5, Mazda 6 (GH) and a few CX-7s for the very same reason as Honda, Toyota and Lexus. Most of them were Passenger Airbags.

[@mcostafernando]

I own a Mercedes C180 and it was also recalled because of the passenger airbag. Almost every car built in Brazil until the airbag scandal had Takata airbags.

[@liamd01]

have owned a few of those actually! had a 2002 corolla that was recalled, was something to do with the passenger side airbag not being torqued correctly on some versions. Had a 97 astra, didnt know about the recall on that until now, I assume a previous owner had it done although it had very low miles (78k) so probably wasnt that effected. Briefly had a 206, 2001 reg, didnt know about the recall on this either although it suffered a bigger problem with the rear axle being made of cheese! I currently own a Volvo S60 effected by the seatbelt recall, still waiting for an appointment to get it sorted..... I seem to have a habit of buying cars with recall issues.....

[@fordTH7335]

Mazda also had many models affected by both drivers and passenger air bag inflator recalls. Far more than the strut recall

[@adilsagadiyev5090]

People always complain about Hyundai and Kia recalls but never talk about other brand recalls I wonder why

[@Gazshadows]

With regards to the Audi recall for heater problem, I know an Audi A5 that set on fire and burned to a crisp.

[@richardmcintyre5772]

The e46 drivers air bag did get replaced on the air bag recall it came shortly after the passenger air bag recall was released, my E46 was recalled for both passenger and driver air bag

[@lewisetheridge]

Hey Mat Thanks for uploading your content is always the best my favourite videos are the drag races with yianni

[@nishanthv8758]

Hi

[@dy7296]

When you are so early that KZbin shows No Views and 157 likes

[@tampabayautomotive]

Recalls seem more common here in the US, just my cars that have had recalls or had warranty extensions were my 07 Cooper S, 14 Countryman S, and 09 SAAB 9-5, as for my family my Dad’s 84 Jeep, 13 Ram, my brother’s 04 Titan, and my mom’s Mazda CX-9

[@markwilliams5654]

If you haven't had the recall your car won't pass the mot new rules coming

[@footballking80_nt]

plz matt make a video about those super sports suvs that beat sports cars and can also drift like drift cars plz matt. plz

[@yurielcundangan9090]

OnlyFans knew that this Clip was a Re-Upload:

[@ack434]

"OnlyFans"

[@ethanmac8595]

I have a nissan rogue sv 2017 that can stop for no reason because on the emergency braking system

[@toonrabau]

My Toyota Auris/Corolla from 2007 got recalled for the airbag 😄

[@blakejarrettegibbons9119]

Carwow you also forgot the later Vauxhall recall with the Zafira B with the dodgy wiring

[@Bluffle]

Ahh yes, my A4 B8 2011 was one of the recall cases and the first time I pulled up at Audi, they let me wait 3 hours for nothing, because they've dropped the new heating unit which they were about to install. I had to appear there a second time a few weeks later and was not given any "refund" for my wasted time. Thanks for that lol

[@darius2640]

Takata makes some nice looking green racing harnesses, but boy do they suck at making airbags

[@c.a.s_1666]

Good to see that Porsche wasn't mentioned in that list shows there a reliable manufacturer👍

[@juliantucker807]

There was once a Kia Karen?!

[@aidan8903]

Definitely not first

[@justinmbr5619]

Hi Matt, what about the worst number of recalls for a car? I think my polestar 2 has been recalled 3 or maybe 4 times already. Is any other car that bad or worse?

[@RustyBonnet]

My 2008 123D is currently awaiting a recall for heater wiring, already had one for the power cable from battery to engine and also had an 'Enhancement' for timing chain tensioner (Didn't go well, engine spat it's chain 9 months later and took threat of legal action to get resolved) Still have that car 70000 miles later.

[@marksapollo]

I had my ST recalled. Something to do with a risk of the cylinder block cracking, they fitted a new sensor as a result.

[@cryptosignalsdaily8340]

What is Jeremy Clarkson doing in carwow?? 2:08

[@lackofmemes240]

lol my uncles infiniti fx45 got an airbag recall last week

[@josephdaniel3812]

This year Chevrolet recalled Captiva 2021, It was to change its ac fan is what they told us.

[@pikeg123]

I'm sure Mercedes were also caught up in the Takata airbag situation.. Looking at my C180's history they replaced the airbag and in the notes it states Takata Replacement recall.. interesting 🤔

[@rorynesta7766]

yeah a lot of mercs and other manufacturers had to get their airbags replaced...it was in the millions or so.My bosses C63 also got a letter for her airbag replacement.

[@footballking80_nt]

plz matt make a video about those super sports suvs that beat sports cars and can also drift like drift cars plz matt. plz

[@gavinwyllie7855]

No

[@thedartschannel2023]

Vauxhall Zafira 2006 pls bring the car as it might catch fire for no reason well that was what they told me lol

[@Kushpatel9047]

Scary to think about how most of us got by using faulty airbags that could literally tear your face apart! Thankfully😲

[@martinapauline4625]

Ford Pinto recalls , more than 1 million recalls