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Eugene

(61,872 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 05:08 PM Jun 2014

GM suspends sale of 2013-14 Chevrolet Cruze for potential airbag glitch

Source: Automotive News

Mike Colias
June 25, 2014 - 4:15 pm ET

DETROIT -- General Motors is telling dealers to halt delivery of all 2013 and 2014 Chevrolet Cruze sedans because of a potential airbag problem, hampering sales of the company’s top-selling car amid an end-of-the-month sales push.

Some of the cars may have a "suspect" driver's side airbag inflator module, according to a stop-delivery order sent to Chevy dealers nationwide on Tuesday and obtained by Automotive News.

"The inflator module may have been assembled with an incorrect part," the notice reads.

The stop-delivery order marks the latest safety-related setback for GM, which already has issued 44 recalls this year covering 20 million vehicles globally. That figure counts some vehicles more than once because they've been called back for multiple repairs.

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GM suspends sale of 2013-14 Chevrolet Cruze for potential airbag glitch (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2014 OP

Better to not sell them now than to have to recall them later. I applaud the move. Auggie Jun 2014 #1

So it turns out...... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #2

Yes, past management teams have been really evil ... Auggie Jun 2014 #3

No, they're much, much worse. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #4

That's one opinion Auggie Jun 2014 #7

So true. Union Scribe Jun 2014 #5

They made much better cars back then. LeftyMom Jun 2014 #6

It feels like just two weeks ago the GM CEO said there were no more serious safety issues lurking hughee99 Jun 2014 #8

Auggie

(31,163 posts)

1. Better to not sell them now than to have to recall them later. I applaud the move.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:11 PM

Jun 2014

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

2. So it turns out......

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:25 PM

Jun 2014

...that what's really good for America is not General Motors, but General Motors recalls. Although I must say I'm in no way surprised at this. GM killed mass transit, then they killed the electric car.

- I guess it's our turn now......

Auggie

(31,163 posts)

3. Yes, past management teams have been really evil ...

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:55 PM

Jun 2014

and got away with screwing consumers in all types of ways. Current management knows it's operating under a magnifying glass and faces incredibly tough competition as well. To think GM operates in the same manner as they did 60 years ago -- even 10 years ago -- is short-sighted.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

4. No, they're much, much worse.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:04 PM

Jun 2014

And my sight is just fine.

Thanks for asking.

Auggie

(31,163 posts)

7. That's one opinion

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:55 AM

Jun 2014

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)

5. So true.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:33 PM

Jun 2014

They dumped all this on Mary Barra and glided away with their golden parachutes. And if I had to wager I'd bet that a few of the good old boys are having a chuckle at sticking GM's first woman CEO with this mess they made.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

6. They made much better cars back then.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:40 PM

Jun 2014

My Chevy is 48 years old. If one car on the lot at the local dealer is running in 24 years, let alone 48, I'd be amazed.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

8. It feels like just two weeks ago the GM CEO said there were no more serious safety issues lurking

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 02:11 PM

Jun 2014

But then, of course, GM's recent record on recognizing serious safety issues hasn't been very good.

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