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General Motors Starts Year with a Bang: 98,221 Chevrolet and GMC Trucks Are Recalled for Safety Problem
The Detroit Free Press and Reuters report that GM is recalling 98,221 2000 Chevrolet C-series, K-series, and Silverado pickups, Chevrolet Suburban SUVs, GMC Sierra pickups, GMC Savana vans, and GMC Yukon XL SUVs for a hydraulic driveshaft that may fracture causing a loss of the power assist in braking and steering, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.1,2
For the previous two years, General Motors has issued a gargantuan number of safety recalls. Its U.S. safety recalls in 2003 were 7,400,000, or about 13 times those of Toyota, per vehicle sold in the U.S. in recent years. (See "General Motors' U.S. 2003 Recall Numbers: A Bottomless Pit and a GM Defense?" March 2004, AOI.) Its U.S. safety recalls for 2004 exceeded 11,000,000.3 (Also, see "General Motors U.S. Safety Recalls, Already Gargantuan, Grow a Chunk: 717,000 Minivans Add to GM 2004 Total," December 2004, AOI, "GM Safety Recalls May Take Another Leap," December 2004, AOI, "General Motors Safety Recalls March On: Saturn Ions Add to Total," November 2004, AOI, and "GM Safety Recalls Take a Leap," November 2004, AOI.) As of early July 2004, General Motors' U.S. safety recalls per vehicle sold in the U.S. in recent years was about 8 times that of Toyota. (See "General Motors' Recalls Remain Gargantuan in First Half of 2004," July 2004, AOI.)
Reuters termed the recall "another blow to [GM's] recent claims of improved quality."2
1 "Auto Industry Report: GM Recalls Big Vehicles," Detroit Free Press, January 12, 2005, at http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/irep12e_20050112.htm
2 "GM Recalls Over 98,000 Trucks," Reuters, January 11, 2005, available at Yahoo! News
3 "Carmakers Staggered by Record '04 Recalls," Jeff Plungis, The Detroit News, January 4, 2005, at http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0501/04/A01-48858.htm
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