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.
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Shoddy materials, shoddy work, shoddy quality.............. built the union way
The fellow responsible for replacing the steering wheel is not allowed to use screws or bolts. The guy responsible for screws and bolts was not allowed to work on replacement steering wheels only on the original steering wheel. . . on and on it goes.