Moog-Type-S

oh my...................

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silver3.5

Wow....that would've been disasterous if that family got into an accident. My co-worker who was shopping for a small car test drove a new Cruze and said that car was a POS; everything was sooo cheap and the engine was loud as a lawn mower. She bought an "11 Civic instead. I told her...."good for you".

JS + XES

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Quality right there

Sarlacc

One time incident.

Unless otherwise proven as an epidemic.

And a one time occurrence does not make an entire line of cars being shit.

Its amazing how quickly people become sheep. Could have easily happened to any make/model of car. ANY.

myron

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^ yea it could have but it didn't. I have never never heard f a steering wheel falling off.

Sarlacc

I would assume if/when it happens its not a wide spread problem.

BUT...a little research does reveal at least 2000 Cruze's were recalled for this issue. I wonder if its a bad parts supplier.

silver3.5

a one time incident wouldn't have led to a recall.

Moog-Type-S

It was a chronic issue?!?!?! oof!

knight rider

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either way, GM will sell less Cruzes as a result of this vid.

Sarlacc

Wow. You can read.

Sclass88

Hopefully it won't kill their sales too badly... I think the Cruze is a decent little car

nspec_ya4

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wow

crazyasiantl

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shit

knavinusa

That's just plain scary. I can't imagine how it'd feel like at city speeds, let alone highway speeds.

silver3.5

Wow. You can research.

CocheseUGA

It happened one time and they recall the cars.

We would be so lucky if this sort of thing happened across the board.

Sarlacc

Yeah but at least I did the research prior, rather than immediately crying foul and making sheep comments.

silver3.5

I didn't make any sheep comments. My coworker did. I just told her she made a good decision. But it's understandable coming from Dodge owner!

KillerG

we must not be paying the workers enough in detroit

madcaps

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Amurriiccahhh, fuck yea!!

Sarlacc

Oh nooooooes, I never heard that one on here before! Oh man, it hurts, it hurts so bad, it cuts right to the bone!


thats typically the best reply you ignoramuses have...try harder.

madcaps

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fsttyms1

Kinda like all the good choices people made buying the 2nd gen TL that when it decided to it would just drop down into 2nd gear on people on the hwy?

Every car company can and has had issues. It happens. This issue doesnt make GM any more of a crap car than Honda.

BackinBlackTL

holy hell, i was just looking at the ward's best interiors thread and commented on how i liked the interior of this car............all but the steering wheel

silver3.5

I think you're the one who needs to try harder.

neuronbob

Wow. Someone sure forgot to attach the steering wheel correctly at the factory.

I am sure that someone at the Lordstown factory that builds these is being chewed out right now.

So glad that the mom, grandma, and child in the car at the time this happened were not injured.

Costco

Biased much?

pttl

Really?

dallison

VQPower37

gm quality at its finest

dallison

I sure hope for their sake this is a minor occurance. They seemed to somewhat make a right turn somewhere. I'd hate to see that their quality hasn't improved.

renedcruz

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Crazy stuff.

Glad no one died though.

And I have to agree with the people who said this can happen to any car. Yes there was a recall on it, so we know it was somewhat of a widespread problem. But in reality this can happen to ANY car. Some worker in a Honda assembly line could have mounted a steering wheel wrong on a few Accords and this could've happened. Would we have ripped Japanese car makers because of it? I think not...

KillerG

USA is #1 in steering wheels falling off of production cars.

Back on top baby.

USA
USA
USA

PortlandRL

Chevy runs deep....the steering wheel splines don't.

pttl

Are you really 15 years old?

KillerG

Alright i fibbed a little, 14

vas25tl

Wow that must have been scary....

Legend2TL

The spline design is what really caused the problem. It's very fine and not very deep. The ones I've seen on Honda's and BMW's are much deeper and wider so I doubt that could have happened on them easily.

What looks like happened is the assemblier put the steering wheel on but did not align the splines. Then used a power tool to thread and torque on the bolt. The splines simply stripped off. The spines should have been deeper AND the bolt shorter such that the wheel and shaft have to been aligned properly.

fsttyms1

We can tell

West6MT

That assumption would appear to be incorrect according to the 3 or 4 car news sites I checked.


http://www.insideline.com/chevrolet/...an-detach.html
2011 Chevrolet Cruze Recalled Because Steering Wheel Can Detach

Published Apr 11, 2011

8 Ratings
Just the Facts:

* General Motors is recalling 2,100 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedans because the steering wheel can detach from the steering column, according to NHTSA.
* GM issued a stop-sale order on the sedans, but says the problem is "an isolated incident."
* There was no crash and no one was injured in the one incident that GM reported to the federal government.


WASHINGTON — General Motors is recalling 2,100 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedans because the steering wheel can detach from the steering column, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

"During manufacturing, the steering wheel could have been improperly fastened and may detach from the steering column," said NHTSA in its recalls summary of the problem. "Should the steering wheel detach from the steering column while driving, the driver could lose the ability to steer the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash."

GM issued a stop-sale order on the sedans, but says the problem is "an isolated incident."

"The daughter of a Cruze owner driving on March 14 experienced the separation of the steering wheel from the column," said GM in other documentation filed with the federal government. "She was able to guide the vehicle to the side of the road. There was no crash and no one was injured."

GM told NHTSA that "the owner (of the aforementioned Cruze) has said she is willing to accept another General Motors vehicle in place of this vehicle. We are pleased she is staying in the GM family."

GM said it has made changes to the assembly process so that "the tool used to fasten the steering wheel cannot operate if an incorrect part number is read by the tool's scanner."

"We inspected more than 2,100 vehicles at the assembly plant and found no issues," GM said. "Additionally, in order to confirm our findings, we asked GM dealers to immediately inspect vehicles in their possession and inform GM engineering of the results. To date, GM has inspected more than 650 vehicles at dealerships with no issues."

Chevrolet dealers will inspect to verify that the steering wheel is assembled properly. The recall has begun. Owners can contact Chevrolet at (800) 630-2438.

or

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...73764F20110408

(Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling about 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze small cars to inspect for an improperly fastened steering wheel after discovering one vehicle with the defect.