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On February 4, Hyundai Shitsville recalled 93,572 Tucsons because there’s a potentially defective circuit board in the anti-lock brake system - in the engine bay - which could cause an electrical fire, but not an explosion, because: Physics.

It would also be a neat trick for a circuit board in the ABS system to cause an engine to explode. I’d like to see that. Therefore, you Daily Mail geniuses might like to recall your headline - because the absence of social responsibility depicted might make a reasonable person’s head explode.

Inconveniently, this fire risk pertains even if the car is shut down, because the circuit board is continuously energized, like a lot of systems in modern cars. For example, you know how the car knows to unlock when you press the remote? (It’s because the locking system is continuously listening for the unlock signal…)

The vehicles in this recall were sold from 1 November 2014 to 30 November last year. So that’s six years and one month, inclusive, and no fires, not one, have been linked to the potential defect here in ‘Straya. So, this is an extreme low probability, but admittedly high consequence risk.

Essentially, if you own one of these recalled Tucsons, you need to get this dealt with, but it’s probably more dangerous to cross the street with your face in your phone.

But here's what Daily Mail Australia said:

"Hyundai urgently recalls nearly 100,000 cars in Australia over fears the engines could EXPLODE - even when the vehicle is turned off."

That was the headline. Here was the first two sentences in the report:

"Hyundai have urgently recalled 93,000 cars in Australia over fears the engines could explode. The ACCC issued the recall on Thursday on Hyundai Tucson models made between 2015 and 2021."

And the way I see it, there's six errors in those two sentences above.