GM Recalls 900,000 pickup trucks

[member12]

Originally Posted by TorchRedCorvette

Or spill your Brew!

Sounds like a "Totally Nascar" moment to me!

Definately a Mardi Gras moment- probably injuries with GM trucks.

[member12]

Originally Posted by GMCSonoma

Also...everyone....what does this thread have to do with brakes or Ford products? Stay focused here, OK???

I was just pointing out that it was an issue that should have, and could have been easily avoided- and much cheaper to just do it right in the first place. GM is the marketplace leader- they should know how to make simple things like tailgate straps, breaks..just like Firestone should know how to make a tire that doesn't have tread separation (and Ford should know how to keep an SUV on all fours when it has a flat).

The only time I have seen a tailgate fail on a GM truck was on my friends 2000 Silverado at a bonefine for 4th of july. It was the worst coincidence, too. A female friend of hours sat on the tailgate (next to two of her friends) and without warning, they snapped. None of those were above average in weight or size in any way. All three girls fell on the ground- the last one that sat down was totally humiliated. They were all so embarassed, especially since they spilled coke (sorry, college girls...DIET coke) all over themselves. I felt bad for them- and this was before they had the recall. My friend paid for his new cables. Only one incident, but it was a bad one.

[oachalon]

What was said before that companies have these recalls for stupid stuff they have made for 60 years and now have problems. These car companies keep trying and trying to get parts cheaper and cheaper and making cheaper parts. At some point in time you go too cheap and the part doesnt last. Its not gm that just does this, its every car company. How cheap can we make a part and see if it lasts. Usually it works fine but sometimes it doesnt work.

[Jeffff]

Originally Posted by kool_zx3

900,000 MORE vehicles.... i thought this was taken care of along time ago???

http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...DATE/603100418
GM spokesman Alan Adler said the vehicles covered by the new recall had different materials used in the support cables and involved fewer complaints.

[327]

Originally Posted by Yarddawg1987

They should also recall the vortec motors from 1998-2002 (Knocking)

I think some court ruled in GMs favor on that. its not their problem

[Rayzilla]

Originally Posted by CompG_Dude

GM recalls over 900,000 pickup trucks
Cables that support the tailgate have corroded, causing 84 mostly minor injuries.

How stupid. How frickin slanted!

A big, bold print headline for something which is less than minor. No wonder GM has a perception problem.

Meanwhile, Pruises are still stalling in traffic...

[usa1]

And I was just thinking the other day about how GM hasn't had a recall in while after that big rash of them last year. I guess I jinxed them.

Mark

[Buicktech]

Originally Posted by gmrebirth

Oh give me a break. The amount of Priuses recalled was only a small fraction of the number of trucks being recalled in this case. Yes, it's a minor problem, but the media plays on the numbers. When Toyota last year recalled almost 1 million SUVs, that was big news too.

No, comparatively, it wasn't.

[J..D]

This sucks it's a typical minor GM recall but it's still a recall so in the end of the year the number will go up.

[OhioGM]

That's what happens when you outsource your parts. You don't have quality control on someone's mistakes

[ScottS]

Originally Posted by Steel4ring

Not a big deal.

Yeah, bad press for a recall (no matter how minor) is "no big deal."

[asim]

Originally Posted by kool_zx3

900,000 MORE vehicles.... i thought this was taken care of along time ago???

I thought so too...

[superstreet]

Originally Posted by CompG_Dude

Is this old news? I remember a recall previously for this same problem..

GM recalls over 900,000 pickup trucks
Cables that support the tailgate have corroded, causing 84 mostly minor injuries.
March 10, 2006: 11:31 AM EST


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - General Motors is recalling over 900,000 pickups worldwide due to instances of tailgate cables corroding and snapping, a GM spokesman said Friday

The recall hits Chevrolet's Silvarado and GMC's Sierra pickup lines. Most of those affected, 805,368, are in the U.S.

The spokesman said the galvanized steel cables were protected with a plastic coating. But water has been found to get in the coating and cause the cable to corrode and snap when the tailgate is down.

GM said there have been 84 injuries, most of them minor scrapes and bumps.

Owners will receive letters in April and the tailgate cable will be replaced with a stainless steel cable.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/Auto...ex.htm?cnn=yes

[Gm786]

Originally Posted by plane

This is almost as bad as the exploding Ford Pickups.

Not even close!

[Gm786]

Not a big deal.