If 2014 was the year of the auto recall, 2015 isn’t going to be any slouch.U.S. automakers and other vehicle manufacturers overseen by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration already have recalled more than 32.4 million vehicles in nearly 500 campaigns through early August, according to a Detroit News analysis of government data and automaker reports.
That’s still far fewer than the 63.95 million vehicles recalled in 2014 in 803 campaigns. But it’s already topped the previous record of 30.8 million vehicles recalled in all of 2004.
Several automakers are on pace for a record-setting number of recalls. And the total number of campaigns this year could come close to last year.
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