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Hyundai is recalling more than 419,000 cars and SUVs to fix suspension, brake and oil leak problems.

Ignition switch problems that have plagued General Motors and Chrysler have now turned up in the motorcycle business.

The government says General Motors vehicle owners should recheck the company's recall identification website if previous checks indicated their cars aren't being recalled.

Chrysler says its U.S. sales rose 20 percent in July from a year ago, its best performance for the month in nine years.

___ US job growth eases but tops 200K for a 6th month WASHINGTON (AP) — A sixth straight month of solid 200,000-plus job growth in July reinforced growing evidence that the U.S. economy is accelerating after five years of sluggish expansion.

Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) on Thursday reported a wider loss in its second quarter, and beat analysts' expectations.

American electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. is teaming up with Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. to build a battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. expected to create 6,500 jobs.

A Texas lawyer has sued General Motors on behalf of 658 people injured or killed in crashes allegedly caused by faulty ignition switches.

A company that makes aluminum wheels for cars and other vehicles says it will shut down its manufacturing plant in Rogers, eliminating 500 jobs.

The four-door Mini Cooper Countryman was the only one of 12 cars to earn a top rating of "good" in new frontal crash tests.

Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers.

The flagship of the Jeep line — the five-passenger Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle — is both a grand and high-mileage traveler for 2014.

Chrysler is recalling just under 30,000 Fiat 500L small cars in the U.S. and Canada to fix a problem with air bags that protect knees in a crash.

About 11,000 Kawasaki off-road vehicles are being recalled because debris can cut through the foot rest area and hurt riders' legs.

South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has signed a deal with the Czech government to build a car lights plant in the eastern part of the Czech Republic.

Nissan is recalling more than 226,000 additional vehicles over a defective air bag that has affected much of the global auto industry.

The U.S. government's highway safety agency is checking into a complaint that some Chevrolet Impala front passenger air bags may not inflate in a crash.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether an electrical problem can knock out the air bags on some older Hyundai Sonatas.

General Motors Co. and its main Chinese partner are recalling nearly 20,000 imported Cadillac SRX sport utility vehicles and Chevrolet Camaros to replace defective seat bolts.

Ignition switches have presented General Motors with significant safety issues this year.