Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous Takata air bag inflators that have not been replaced.

Decades ago, the standard transmission was a manual, while that newfangled automatic was optional.

The huge number of SUVs available today can complicate the shopping experience.

A woman from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood is facing a series of felony charges after Miami-Dade police accused her of a bizarre series of crimes, beginning with a stolen pressure washer and ending with a burning Mazda in a farm field.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office released new details Tuesday about a multi-vehicle crash over the weekend that left an 18-year-old man dead.

Oakland Park Boulevard is back open in Oakland Park following a shooting early Monday morning.

Plantation police take away a person in handcuffs. Earlier, that person had bailed out of a car in Dania Beach.

The U.S. government's highway safety agency has rejected a request from Ford and Mazda to avoid recalling about 3 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)DETROIT – The U.S. government's highway safety agency has rejected a request from Ford and Mazda to avoid recalling about 3 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The problem caused the largest series of auto recalls in U.S. history, with at least 67 million inflators recalled by 19 automakers. But the safety agency disagreed and denied the automakers’ petition to avoid the recall. The Ford and Mazda inflators are the earliest generation made by Takata that used calcium sulfate as a drying agent.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police have taken a man into custody after a high-speed chase through South Florida highways and streets, where the driver was at times traveling in the direction of oncoming traffic. Authorities say there were no injuries as a result of the chase, though several cars were clipped along the way. “No injuries to anybody.”WATCH LIVE: Police give latest updates on high-speed chase in South Florida Miami-Dade police are investigating the high-speed chase that took place through streets and highways Thursday morning and are set to reveal details that have been learned so far. (Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation)It appeared that at one point a gun was thrown from the car during the chase, police said. Sky 10 was over the scene when a man surrendered following a high-speed chase through South Florida.

DETROIT – Mazda beat traditional winners Lexus and Toyota to win top honors as the most dependable auto brand in Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey. Mazda took top honors for the first time in the survey, which this year included Consumer Reports organization members who own more than 300,000 vehicles from model years 2000 to 2020. Consumer Reports said that the Ford Explorer SUV, redesigned for the 2020 model year, is among the lowest-scoring models of any manufacturer with transmission, electronic, and engine issues. Only the company's Model 3 small car was rated as reliable and recommended by Consumer Reports. Nearly half of the new models have much worse than average reliability, Consumer Reports said.

(CNN) - Urgent recall notices have been issued for more than 3,000 new Mazda vehicles in Australia, amid concerns that their wheels could fall off due to manufacturing errors. Consumer safety regulator Product Safety Australia issued the recall notice, citing concerns about the safety of the wheel studs. Owners of the affected models will be contacted directly by Mazda Australia, Product Safety Australia said, and the vehicles will be repaired free of charge. A similar recall notice was issued for the same model in the US in June, which affected more than 25,000 vehicles. Mazda USA issued a statement warning that "in the worst case, continuous use will lead to a wheel detaching from the vehicle.