Posted on 12/30/2011 9:30:35 AM PST by rawhide
DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday that it is recalling more than 4,000 of its 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars to check for missing brake pads.
The possibility that some Sonics could be missing an inner or outer brake pad was discovered during warranty service for a rental vehicle customer. GM said the problem “is expected to exist in very few cars,” and there are no known crashes or injuries related to the issue. A missing pad could require longer stopping distance, and contribute to a crash.
Dealers will inspect the front brakes for missing inner or outer pads and, if a pad is missing, install new pads. If needed, a new brake caliper or brake rotor, or both, will also be installed. Affected customers will receive dealer letters beginning Jan. 14
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Yeah, you’d think that “Brake pad in position, check” should be on more than one inspector’s list. Either getting the collusion of all the inspectors, or taking the darn things off after the inspections, sounds like what is happening. How dare they stab their buddy boy ‘Bama in the back like that?!?
Something cynical is going on.
Back in the day when the UAW had differences with Chevy about how many of their then-new Vega should be processed through the line per hour. They torqued fasteners down way past their specs. I came across this personally in a shock absorber mounting bolt that had to be sawed off — the threads had been stretched way past normal.
Yeah, you’d think that “Brake pad in position, check” should be on more than one inspector’s list. Either getting the collusion of all the inspectors, or taking the darn things off after the inspections, sounds like what is happening. How dare they stab their buddy boy ‘Bama in the back like that?!?
I don’t just think that is on the inspectors checklist, I know it for a fact. I work in the part supply industry and you have to jump through hoops with QA. I doubt it’s collusion of inspectors, that would involve too many people to keep a secret. Taking them off is the most likely scenario, and if it involves more than one person, one of them will talk
On the other hand, I have a 03 Silverado 2500 with over 60K and never had/needed a brake job or tune up.
Must be some former Chrysler UAW workers staffing that GM plant:
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