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The DrivePulse Blog

Research, data, and perspective on automotive safety and early defect detection.

Industry

The Weekly Pulse — June 28, 2026

This week’s signals: OEM tire failures on the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe, a persistent lane assist fault on the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan, sudden brake loss on the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, spontaneous rear windshield shattering on the 2024 Nissan Kicks, compound ADAS and brake failures on the Mitsubishi Outlander, and the highest-complaint-volume event in this edition — unintended acceleration on the 2025 Honda CR-V.

DrivePulse
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June 27, 2026
Industry

The Weekly Pulse — June 21, 2026

This week's signals: fresh Nu engine complaints on the 2013 Hyundai Elantra, residual battery complaints on the Mercedes-Benz EQB after three recalls, compound EV powertrain failures on the BMW i4, wiring harness fire risk on the 2014–2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, a persistent coolant leak on the Toyota Prius, and phantom braking on the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander.

DrivePulse
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June 20, 2026
Product

Updates to DrivePulse's Algorithms

Since submitting our ESV conference paper, we've made three improvements to DrivePulse's core detection algorithms: less aggressive event merging, generation-aware vehicle model names, and a new hockey-stick detector that catches rapidly emerging defects up to 171 days earlier. The result: our detected event database has grown from ~15,000 to over 32,000 events.

Tommy Jones
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June 15, 2026
Industry

The Weekly Pulse — June 15, 2026

This week's signals: phantom braking on the 2025 Honda CR-V across two distinct complaint clusters, EyeSight failures spanning six Subaru Ascent model years, brake anomalies on the Dodge Charger Daytona EV, a multi-system electrical cluster on the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, and a sustained ADAS complaint pattern on Waymo's 5th generation autonomous system now under NHTSA investigation.

DrivePulse
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June 14, 2026
Research

Introducing DrivePulse: A Check Engine Light for the Auto Industry

Recalls are announced years — sometimes decades — after the first warning signs appeared. DrivePulse is building the missing signal: a continuous monitoring system that detects emerging vehicle defects before they reach the scale that triggers a formal investigation.

Tommy Jones
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June 4, 2026