When the lift gate on your car doesn’t function properly, it can be an annoyance at best and a safety hazard at worst. But if your lift gate's sagging, like so many do after years of use, don’t panic!

Toyota has issued a recall of around 200,000 Sienna minivans as a result of possible faulty rear liftgate struts reportedly prone to early deterioration that could lead to unexpected closures.

Certain rear-liftgate struts provided by auto parts supplier Stabilus have been reported as defective by Toyota, Honda and Ford, but it isn’t clear if other cars use them as well. Now, an ...

Mitsubishi is recalling some 62,000 older SUVs in Canada because the gas-spring struts that prop up the rear tailgate when open could prematurely rust out, collapsing down when they’re supposed to be ...