diff --git a/src/news_gui.cpp b/src/news_gui.cpp
--- a/src/news_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp
@@ -673,6 +673,29 @@ void RemoveOldNewsItems()
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Report a change in vehicle IDs (due to autoreplace) to affected vehicle news.
+ * @note Viewports of currently displayed news is changed via #ChangeVehicleViewports
+ * @param from_index the old vehicle ID
+ * @param to_index the new vehicle ID
+ */
+void ChangeVehicleNews(VehicleID from_index, VehicleID to_index)
+{
+	for (NewsItem *ni = _oldest_news; ni != NULL; ni = ni->next) {
+		if (ni->reftype1 == NR_VEHICLE && ni->ref1 == from_index) ni->ref1 = to_index;
+		if (ni->reftype2 == NR_VEHICLE && ni->ref2 == from_index) ni->ref2 = to_index;
+
+		/* Oh noes :(
+		 * Autoreplace is breaking the whole news-reference concept here, as we want to keep the news,
+		 * but do not know which DParams to change.
+		 *
+		 * Currently only NS_ADVICE news have vehicle IDs in their DParams.
+		 * And all NS_ADVICE news have the ID in param 0.
+		 */
+		if (ni->subtype == NS_ADVICE && ni->params[0] == from_index) ni->params[0] = to_index;
+	}
+}
+
 void NewsLoop()
 {
 	/* no news item yet */