More Recalls

On Thursday Ford recalled 1.3 million vehicles, mostly because of steering problems. So far this year, Ford has recalled more than 2.9 million vehicles in the United States, far surpassing last year’s 1.2 million vehicles.

By March, Nissan had recalled 990,000 vehicles in the United States, about 30,000 more than in all of last year. 

Toyota is already more than halfway to exceeding its total from last year, when it led all automakers with 5.3 million vehicles recalled.

All come several years after the automaker first knew of problems, and in three cases, only after investigations by either the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or its counterpart Transport Canada.