GM Recalls Nearly 100,000 Cars

MSNBC ^ | 12.23.10

[Perdogg]

General Motors Co. is recalling almost 100,000 vehicles to fix two problems that could cause the rear axle to lock and the passenger-side airbag not to work.

[Cementjungle]

They’re probably all owned by government employees.

[knarf]

Now THERE’S a couple of related problems.

[Lessthantolerant]

Gotta love that high quality work by union members!

[PROCON]

Lemme guess:

The car could unexpectantly swerve to the far left and the radio won't play conservative talk radio?

[gov_bean_ counter]

I noticed yesterday that all our seven fleet vehicles are either GM or Dodge/Chrysler. Before I left to go overseas a little over three years ago we had a couple of Fords too. No more.

Hmmmm.

[massgopguy]

And remember, if you or a loved one gets killed due to these defects, you cannot sue GM. Obama gave them immunity.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Sun]

I wonder if this will be all over LMSM like Toyota, et al are??

[nascarnation]

Yeah, you’d never see that from Toyota

# Jan 21, 2010 – US: 2.3 million Toyota vehicles recalled due to faulty accelerator pedals[6] (of those, 2.1 million already involved in floor mat recall).[3]
# Jan 27, 2010 – US: 1.1 million Toyotas added to amended floor mat recall.[30]
# Jan 29, 2010 – Europe, China: 1.8 million Toyotas added to faulty accelerator pedal recall.[7]
# Feb 08, 2010 – Worldwide: 436,000 hybrid vehicles in brake recall following 200 reports of Prius brake glitches.[2]
# Feb 08, 2010 – US: 7,300 MY 2010 Camry vehicles recalled over potential brake tube problems.[31]
# Feb 12, 2010 – US: 8,000 MY 2010 4WD Tacoma pick-up trucks recalled over concerns about possible defective front drive shafts.[32]
# Apr 16, 2010 – US: 600,000 MY 1998–2010 Sienna minivans for possible corrosion of spare tire carrier cable.[33]
# Apr 19, 2010 – World: 21,000 MY 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and 13,000 Lexus GX 460 SUV’s recalled to reprogram the stability control system.[34][35]
# Apr 28, 2010 – US: 50,000 MY 2003 Toyota Sequoia recalled to reprogram the stability control system.[36]
# May 21, 2010 – Japan: 4,509, US: 7,000 MY 2010 LS for steering system software update[37]
# July 5, 2010 – World: 270,000 Crown and Lexus models for valve springs with potential production issue.[38]
# July 29, 2010 – US: 412,000 Avalons and LX 470s for replacement of steering column components.[39]
# August 28, 2010 – US & Canada: approximately 1.13 million Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles produced between 2005 and 2008 for Engine Control Modules (ECM) that may have been improperly manufactured.[40]

[Sun]

“They’re probably all owned by government employees.”

I read that some of their smaller cars for 2011 will be MADE IN CHINA. IF anyone decides to buy a Government Motors car make sure you don’t get one Made in China!

[Lessthantolerant]

Wouldn’t know, would never own a toyota. But it does not really have anything to do with Government Motors does it?

[goodwithagun]

Couldn’t be happier with my Nissan Titan!

[RatRipper]

GM makes cars???

[Tzimisce]

[allmost]

Not very informative on the "could cause the rear axle to lock" problem.

[nascarnation]

You must be one of the few happy customers.

(last full year sales)
Titan sales plunged to 19,042 trucks last year, down 44 percent from 2008. Ram sales fell 28 percent to 177,268, the Ford F series fell 20 percent to 413,625, and the Chevrolet Silverado dropped 32 percent to 316,544.

Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100118/CARNEWS/100119922#ixzz18yUj3wxH

[cableguymn]

Thats nothing. Google up the ford windstar. There is a recall for 98-2003 for broken axles. They where recalled months ago. The fix MAY be avaliable in Feb-March. And they just added 38K to the original half million affected.

On the plus side, my windstar with a broken axle sits at ford while they pay for a brand new Toyota.. Oddly, it's missing floor mats.

[count-your-change]

I don’t care what you say! I like that little car, just strap one to each foot and off you go.

[allmost]

Did the upkeep for a relative on a ‘98 windstar. Fluids, brakes, battery, belt, nothing else. The thing ran great. It was totalled in an accident at ~150k, and all occupants walked away unharmed.