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Posted on 06/25/2012 1:34:37 PM PDT by bigbob
Oops.
Concerns that Chevrolet Cruzes could catch fire have caused General Motors (GM) to recall more than 475,000 of the popular compact sedans, the automaker said Friday...
All (Cruze) cars manufactured from September 2010 to May of this year are subject to the recall.
Already getting Chevy Volt flashbacks? Of course you are.
In January, GM “called back” every single Volt ever sold in the U.S., to fix the (fire problem on the) allegedly already “fixed” battery….
It’s important for a company to create a branding identity--something all its products possess as an underlying, unifying theme.
GM has successfully identified and implemented theirs: combustibility.
And this is not the first Cruze recall.
First, 2,100 Cruzes were recalled when steering wheels started spontaneously falling off.
But that was just the tip of the Titanic.
Government Motors is now forced to recall ALL 154,112 2011 Cruzes - for multiple problems. There was, again, the steering. And an automatic transmission with a phantom Park – it looks like it’s out of gear, but (Surprise!) it’s not.
Not a very “fuel-efficient vehicle” if you can't disengage the transmission.
At once propping up the uber-failed “success” of the Barack Obama Administration’s amped-up auto bailout - and its non-green non-energy crusade.
We have been told by GM that people come in to look at the $41,000 Volt, but leave with the $17,000 Cruze.
"The Volt is leading to a lot of Cruze sales," said Mark Reuss, GM's CEO for North America. Customers are coming in to see the Volt, but “not everyone can buy a Volt,” Reuss said. The Volt has a starting price that’s nearly two and half times greater than the Cruze’s price.
It’s good to know they aren’t missing out on any of the excitement.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
But the Cruze doesn’t have a Lithium battery.
Can we then infer that the battery was not the Volt’s problem and they may not have figured out the cause of the problem?
How much is the upgrade to the fire safe one?
Supposedly the GM compact car that would finally compete with the Japanese brands. Another POS car from GM. Cruze = Citation, hee hee.
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nice!
No.
The problem with the Cruze involves a cover where spilled or leaking fluids can gather. When the cover heats up, the fluids can ignite.
Volts problem is apparently electrical.
I can see it now - "Cruze SCE. With fine bankrupt Greek Corinthian Leather interior. Save thousands over the standard LE package (Lithium Explosion)."
See your GS-5 Government Motors rationer today!
ping...
I change my own oil and always check for leaks afterwards.
That’s one recall I’m not in a rush to get done.
The oil filter hsg has an o-ring that seals it to the block.
Per the Cruze forum, it’s happened that oil change techs install the new o-ring that comes in the box with the filter cartridge but forget to remove the old one, resulting in a leak that apparently accumulates in a place that gets hot.
see my post 31
Is that a Toyota?
good... it was just an FYI
It kind of makes me chuckle
If you read FR you’d think GM doesn’t sell any cars
and this one model in the US and Canada is a half million in 2 yrs (+ many more of these in S. America, Europe, and Korea)
Good one.
In view of the latest immigration decree shouldn’t it just be re-branded as “El Fuego”?
All problems solved./S
Government Motors....Chevy Runs into Flames (to paraphrase their slogan).
yup, affordable and 40mpg...
gm automobiles... they may burn up in their own self induced fires... but they are gay friendly.
LLS
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