It’s as bad as the sticking accelerators on Toyotas. No automobile is perfect. And every flaw could lead to a misshap. If we were talking about hundreds of deaths I’d feel a lot differently about this.
And yes, if it was one of my loved ones, I’d feel really bad, but I would if my loved one was the very first one to die before anyone even knew there was a problem.
This is not a high risk defect. The low number of deaths proves it.
“This is not going away, it’s snowballing on GM.”
Good.
Well, that’s probably a good thing.
The US auto consumer as well as US industry would be well served if GM were put out of business.
So, if the government owned a fairly big piece of GM during all of this, and you can discover enough evidence that they knew about it and weighed in AGAINST the recall, then will the government allow a suit against them as the shareholder with controlling interest. Is there enough to pierce the corporate veil?
As much as I like the new Tahoe/Yukon and was seriously thinking about buying, this is the type of thing that makes me say no thanks. Yes, I know it’s taboo to even suggest buying a GM product around, but it’s a practical vehicle for my family and as much as I like Ford and Toyota, they are nowhere close to updating their versions (Expedition and Sequoia. And they are made in Texas.
We are having problems right now with our 2013 Denali Terrain. GM knows it is a defect but is refusing to acknowledge and is calling it “normal”. The car has the anti collision audio and visual alert system. It does NOT have the collision breaking system. We will be driving in absolutely perfect conditions and out of nowhere the alerts go off and the brakes seem to make a grabbing sensation. Immediately, you have an “uh-oh” moment and instinctually brake the car, thinking you are about to become an insurance claim. We have been on the terrain forum website and others experience the same problem, which is quite unsettling. We have been told it is pre-charging the brakes in case you have to use them and if we don’t want it to happen we should turn the collision system off.
The vehicles in question had defective ignition switches which turned off power to the cars under certain conditions
I’ll bet I could get a cobolt pretty cheap right now. I might look into it. Five nines is good enough for me.
During the campaign, Romney's advisors claimed that the GM bailout was his idea. He's not as lily-white as the article portrays.
http://www.businessinsider.com/auto-bailout-was-mitt-romneys-idea-apparently-2012-4
That said, yet another Obama scandal. Color me surprised.
Many years ago, there were cars, that with regular enough maintenance checks and cheap parts replacements, didn’t have ignition systems shutting down at random without warning. Granted, mechanical fuel pumps did stop suddenly (as electric ones sometimes do today) but not if replaced often enough (very easy task). The older cars could also be tuned to run very clean.
BTW, I was not referring to the old, defective GM distributors at the backs of the engines near firewalls. ;-)
I bought a 2012 Equinox last november, I absolutely love the car, its a 2.4 AWD, after putting Blizzak tires and converting all lights to HID and LED its fast becoming my favorite little car, though I bought it for my wife I snag it occasionally.
But it does have this proble, I cannot decrease the heater, I can stop the fan but its still full blast heat, even with the AC on its still hot, but in Alaska and in the winter I am putting up with it...for now.
I took it to the Chevy dealership, and though I have purchased an extended warranty they say I may still have to pay something, thats BS, I have been a mechanic long enough to know how to replace an HVAC air blend door actuator mysel.
Also is the Oil Life Monitor, which is saying my oil should last over 7500 miles, again that is BS, I will change before 3000 miles maximum. But get on a Equinox forum you get a ton of “superior minds” that say I am a fool wasting money if I change that oil too often..or by myself..
Its all about GM keeping its Service Departments open, they cannot comprehend a well built vehicle anymore, I can honestly say GM will design almost any of its vehicles with a key component that will fail at a certain point, all to create Service and parts revenue.