Recall first, ask questions later.
After Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Co. — two of the world's largest carmakers — were criticized for dragging their feet on recalls of defective models in recent years, automakers have begun gearing up their responses to safety issues.
Recalls recently climbed to records in Japan and China, while the pace in the United States in 2014 is well ahead of last year's, when the tally rose to the highest since 2004.