"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
11/05/2014 at 18:02 • Filed to: GM Recall, Recall, Ignition switch recall
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"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
11/05/2014 at 18:02 • Filed to: GM Recall, Recall, Ignition switch recall | 4
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Nothing says "please don't sue us" like a pittance of a bribe an incentive in the form of a $25 gift card courtesy of General Motors. GM is offering the cards after issuing a recall notice in February on over 2.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches. To date, at least 30 people have died as a result of the defect and only 1.27 million vehicles have been repaired.
In an effort to get the remainder of the vehicles repaired sooner rather than later, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , to retailers such as Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, Starbucks, and AMC movie theaters, to those who bring their vehicles in before December 1st. As if the ignition switch recall wasn't bad enough, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 27 million vehicles GM has issued some sort of recall on in 2014 alone.
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(Image courtesy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )
The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! recalled for ignition switch issues includes:
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1997-2005 Chevrolet Malibu
1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrique
1999-2004 Oldsmobile Alero
1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am
2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo
2004-2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
2003-2013 Cadillac CTS, and a limited number of 2014 models
2004-2006 Cadillac SRX
(list sourced directly from the linked CNN Money story)
A complete list of all recalled GM vehicles can be !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It includes descriptions of each recall issue as well as when the recalls were originally made. You can do a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the GM site itself, too. And a nifty timeline of events, going back to the first problems way back in 2001 with the Saturn Ion, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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And if you've got a few spare moments, below is a link to a nice longread detailing how a GM whistle blower was ignored as dozens and dozens of people died due to these defects. I'm still making my way through it myself, so I'll refrain from offering commentary.
Top Image courtesy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , shows a 2005 Cobalt after a wreck that killed two and injured one.
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bob and john
> Xyl0c41n3
11/05/2014 at 18:18 |
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Weirdly, the recall has boosted their sales...they get more people in, and get them to upgrade to a new cruze or a new sonic and BAM. now they can fix the POS and sell it, and they moved a new car. win win for GM
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Xyl0c41n3
> bob and john
11/05/2014 at 18:28 |
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Kinda sadistic, isn't it? But no company wants to be known for profiting off the deaths of random people. In one of the linked stories there's an estimate that repairing just the remaining 1.27 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches will cost GM $70 million.
And it's not necessarily mid-aughts cars that are on the recall lists at large, there are some late model 2013s and 2014s that are currently under recall, too. GM: one giant clusterfu....
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bob and john
> Xyl0c41n3
11/05/2014 at 18:30 |
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when they get their shit together, they do get it together (see: LSX motors, 3800 motors, Caddi)
too bad it only happens once every 4 blue moons.
thebigbossyboss
> Xyl0c41n3
11/05/2014 at 18:47 |
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Luckily....the Cavalier has somehow avoided the recall opocalypse. Why is not clear.
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Xyl0c41n3
> thebigbossyboss
11/05/2014 at 18:52 |
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Because it's an awesome little car! I still miss mine. :-(
ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> Xyl0c41n3
11/05/2014 at 19:30 |
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This is not actually a bad thing.
It's terrible that GM has had such egregious issues, yes. But that's another soap box, that is already well worn.
The issue here is that people are either lazy, too busy, ignorant, or a mixture of all three to take their cars into the dealer and actually have them fixed. Yes, it's huge inconvenience, but it's also critically important to the safety of others on the road and the vehicle owner's and their families.
I would be in favor of such critically important safety recalls requiring that the cars are not driven until they are fixed. The issue of who pays for rentals is up to the "experts".
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Xyl0c41n3
> ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
11/05/2014 at 19:47 |
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Yeah, in one of the linked articles above, they talk about how part of the problem of people not taking their cars to be repaired might be from an inadvertent complacency. GM at one point told customers to just make their key rings/key fobs lighter by not having so many things hanging from them. The thought being that the reduced weight would keep the key from turning to the off position. GM's doing everything, from tweets to letters, to get people to bring their cars in. And I agree that the risk to other motorists who could be negatively impacted by the negligence/ignorance of these owners is critical, as well. GM hiding these huge flaws from their own people and the public for so long, though, isn't necessarily a rosy picture either. There's plenty of blame to go around.