Posted on 04/11/2011 10:30:03 AM PDT by Zakeet
Who can forget the frenzied all out bashing of Toyota on all government propaganda stations after the brake pedal got stuck just at a time when GM was emerging from bankruptcy, and before it was forced to engage in stuffing dealers with its bloated inventory. Yet very little if anything has been said about the curious case of the Chevy Cruze... and the falling steering wheel. The WSJ writes: "Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel. It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact car last month, and General Motors Corp. is recalling 2,100 of the cars as a result." Because in Soviet Amerika, working steering wheel is an accessory. Phil Lebeau: insert Chuck Norris joke here.... Phil... Phil?
From the WS Journal
While the recall affects a relatively small number of vehicles, it is an unpleasant development for Chevrolet, which has been riding high on the success of its new small car. Chevrolet sold 50,205 Cruzes through the end of March. That’s well short of the 76,821 units Toyota sold of the Cruze’s main rival, the Corolla, but it is ahead of the 37,379 Cobalts Chevy sold in the same period. The Cruze replaced the Cobalt and is supposed to be a departure from that uninspired model.In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car maker said it traced the problem with that particular car to a case in which the wrong wheel was put in a car and replaced later in the assembly process with the correct one. But the new wheel wasn’t attached properly, the car maker says.
When the wheel separated from the steering column, the driver was able to get the car to the side of the road safely, and the company says it has tested other cars from the production run and found no similar problems. General Motors says it believes this was an isolated incident.
Relentless quality at a bailout price. For everything else, there's TaxpayercapitalCard.
Aren't you Freepers glad we've taken enough cash from the taxpayers to overcome this minor setback
Government motors always sells the same crap, they are just big on changing the name and the tail lights.
Isn’t a Volt just a Cobalt with an electric motor and $30,000 more on tghe sticker?
Just hand it to the wife unit saying “Here, you take the wheel”.
Government cannot run things.
Government cannot handle money.
Government cannot honor promises.
Government exists to help the powerful, and screw the regular people.
Government makes the wrong decision more than 50% of the time.
Obama is out there every day, doing the heavy lifting, hammering on these themes. He is relentlessly showing us the folly of Big Government. How bad Government is, How untrustworthy and corrupt Government is.
The problem, however, is that people don't seem to be learning their lesson. Will it take a second term, before people "get it"?
“What are you gonna do about it, America?
Absolutely nothing.
[thinks] Go FORD
Is not my life great?”
As such, stylists are sort of stuck with decals and tail light shapes, as long as the lights aren't sticking out into the airflow... No more wings, fins, shaker hoods, toilet seat grills or "cruiserline venta-ports." (I love that name. The official nomenclature of the holes in the sides of Buicks...)
Great. Now they’ll claim it’s an option and charge more for it.
Removeable Steering Wheel $750
Ever heard of the Gaz, the Zill, or the Trabant?
The assembly specs for the cruize steering wheel, per GM UAW manual.
It's not a big deal as long as you always make right turns.
Looks like British Leyland moved west.
That option is called the “Clinton Lap Dog” steering wheel feature. It also cumz with wet wipes and a cigar holder.
Needs a speech balloon: “Time for a trade-in!”
Went to the V.A. hospital today for an appointment, as I left what did I see, a bunch of shiny new Obama Motors Malibus.
Isn’t that special?
Sounds like what would happen to Wile E. Coyote if he were trying to run down the Roadrunner.
GM = ACME Motors?
Steering is now optional on GM cars?
“Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel.”
Sorta describes the country and the useless wheel in the Oval Office.
Where’s the mechancial fasteners on that thing??? Other than good intentions, what holds it on?
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