Chevy Cobalt: 900,00 in NHTSA probe about power steering issues
02-02-2010 | 04:29 PM
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Chevy Cobalt: 900,00 in NHTSA probe about power steering issues
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Some 905,000 Chevrolet Cobalts built between 2005 and 2009 are the subject of a preliminary evaluation by federal officials because of complaints that drivers may lose control of the electronic power steering system.
In a filing on its Web site, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it has received 1,132 complaints alleging the sudden loss of control of the compact car, with 754 of the complaints received in the past six months.
NHTSA said there were 11 complaints that a sudden increase in steering effort led to a crash, with one injury attributed to the problem.
"GM is cooperating with NHTSA in its preliminary evaluation of power steering in the 2005-2009 Chevrolet Cobalt," said Alan Adler, a spokesman for General Motors Corp., maker of the Chevy Cobalt, in a e-mail.
Officials at NHTSA and the Department of Transportation said it's not their policy to comment on preliminary evaluations.
NHTSA opens many preliminary evaluations each year, only some of which result in recalls
In a filing on its Web site, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it has received 1,132 complaints alleging the sudden loss of control of the compact car, with 754 of the complaints received in the past six months.
NHTSA said there were 11 complaints that a sudden increase in steering effort led to a crash, with one injury attributed to the problem.
"GM is cooperating with NHTSA in its preliminary evaluation of power steering in the 2005-2009 Chevrolet Cobalt," said Alan Adler, a spokesman for General Motors Corp., maker of the Chevy Cobalt, in a e-mail.
Officials at NHTSA and the Department of Transportation said it's not their policy to comment on preliminary evaluations.
NHTSA opens many preliminary evaluations each year, only some of which result in recalls
Since the current Cobalt thread is a merged Cobalt/Cruze thread for some reason, I posted this as a new thread...since it has nothing to do with the Cruze.
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02-02-2010 | 05:28 PM
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Funny you should mention that. The manufacturer of the power steering is JTEKT Corporation, a Toyota company. GM already has a lawsuit pending with them.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
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02-02-2010 | 05:49 PM
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Funny you should mention that. The manufacturer of the power steering is JTEKT Corporation, a Toyota company. GM already has a lawsuit pending with them.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
It just keeps getting better and better for Toyota.
02-02-2010 | 08:52 PM
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Funny you should mention that. The manufacturer of the power steering is JTEKT Corporation, a Toyota company. GM already has a lawsuit pending with them.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gm...30m-13616.html
btw it is not toyota motors, that makes them, but still very sad that it is a toyota family company (even then it was a merger before hand)
FYI: it never mentioned that company being a toyota company, had to look elsewhere
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02-02-2010 | 09:04 PM
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02-03-2010 | 05:39 PM
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if so, it's because it is "news", cause in most people eye's Japanese autos, don't get MAJOR/HUGE recalls like this, where like with GM, it's just another day/recall, so no big deal with it
but yeah i think the media did blow it out of proportion, because of Toyota's so called "spotless" history, and this was out of the ordinary for Toyota, so the media jumped all over it
even though Toyota could still have probably handled it a little better, i think they did the right thing by stopping production of the affected vehicles, and trying to solve the problem first (probably should have been done sooner, let alone part of it was probably due to the publicity of this recall though), compared to GM would have just kept on their merry way, and pumping out affected vehicles (let alone the unions bitching about the possible shutdowns also)
02-04-2010 | 12:04 PM
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GM loves electronic power steering.. my buddies Malibu just took a shit a month ago.. he almost wrecked out because his power steering failed as he was entering a busy street. He was able to turn the car enough to get out of the way of traffic. If it was his wife I doubt she would have been able to correct it. They've had a long string of issues related to it, yet they make a large percentage of owners pay out of pocket to get it repaired.
02-04-2010 | 01:46 PM
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who??? the media
if so, it's because it is "news", cause in most people eye's Japanese autos, don't get MAJOR/HUGE recalls like this, where like with GM, it's just another day/recall, so no big deal with it
but yeah i think the media did blow it out of proportion, because of Toyota's so called "spotless" history, and this was out of the ordinary for Toyota, so the media jumped all over it
even though Toyota could still have probably handled it a little better, i think they did the right thing by stopping production of the affected vehicles, and trying to solve the problem first (probably should have been done sooner, let alone part of it was probably due to the publicity of this recall though), compared to GM would have just kept on their merry way, and pumping out affected vehicles (let alone the unions bitching about the possible shutdowns also)
if so, it's because it is "news", cause in most people eye's Japanese autos, don't get MAJOR/HUGE recalls like this, where like with GM, it's just another day/recall, so no big deal with it
but yeah i think the media did blow it out of proportion, because of Toyota's so called "spotless" history, and this was out of the ordinary for Toyota, so the media jumped all over it
even though Toyota could still have probably handled it a little better, i think they did the right thing by stopping production of the affected vehicles, and trying to solve the problem first (probably should have been done sooner, let alone part of it was probably due to the publicity of this recall though), compared to GM would have just kept on their merry way, and pumping out affected vehicles (let alone the unions bitching about the possible shutdowns also)
02-04-2010 | 01:53 PM
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02-04-2010 | 04:25 PM
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