Did your neighbor also tell you that most of the problems are in the foreign made parts? GM like all other car companies has been forced to outsource their parts to third world countries. Please note GM scrapped these cars- didn't try to sell them. Just a little info for you...Japan is also suffering serious quality problems because they too have been forced to begin manufacturing parts in third world countries. Go ahead and bash GM, buy your crappy foreign car but remember a sinking economy (especially for the middle class)will sink your family also- in time. Tell me-in what industry do you suggest your children work? Perhaps, they could work in IT-wait It is being outsourced to India and other countries. Let's see I know -how about steel? Wait cheap foreign made steel has destroyed the steel industry. I guess they will have to flip burgers or work for the government. Perhaps (like me) they could work for a foreign company-15 workers are employed and the profits are sent to company headquarters every two weeks-that would be in Europe- my friend- where they employ hundreds of people.
It is the FORD five-hendred, not GM, that I was referring to in my post, and they have shoddy workmanship.
IMO, the problem at GM and Ford runs alot deeper than cheap foreign parts, their sedans have been lackluster for 30 years.