Posted on 04/01/2014 9:39:04 AM PDT by jazusamo
I come from a long line of GM owners. My last daily driver GM was an 83 K 10 4WD pickup that lasted me from 1991 until 96. Since then it has been imports and one ford. The only GM around is an old bucket 77 K5 blazer that I bought cheap and crank up every so often. It has a radiator leak and a transfer case I have somehow stuck in low range.
GM CEO Mary Barra has just started testifying at Congressional hearing.
11:30 pacific time.
The story may have been overbilled, but Toyauto DID have a problem and they fixed it through the recall process (replacement of defective throttle assemblies and a software update that allowed the brakes to override the throttle). The important point is that they didn't try to ignore the problem for 4 years like GM did while their customers were dying in accidents.
BFD. GM has been dead to me since they killed off Oldsmobile and Pontiac.
I forgot it’s Union Motors now. That’s all the more reason for me to suspect taxpayers will somehow get the bill.
Maybe I have had to drive a lot of defective cars but in the 10 years as a driver 4 different cars I have owned have lost power steering ether momentarily or permanently and I never even worried about it.
If you cant safely operate a car without power steering or breaks, or you panic....I don’t know if you should be driving. No mechanical system is ever 100% reliable. Cars are designed to be operable with the loss of power to steering and breaks. It is just harder.
So you’re saying it’s fine with you that GM has a defective power steering system that they’ve recalled and replaced with non defective systems in some models but left the defective systems in other models?
My sister bought a used Chevy Blazer for $3,000 then spent nearly $7,000 fixing it......
A friend has a 2006 HHR with the power steering cutoff problem - what is she supposed to do, besides sue GM for coverage.
If I was her I’d contact her local dealer and complain, if no action she should file a complaint with the NHTSB.
This is a big deal now and supposedly GM will make it right.
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