General Motors Company in New York is now recalling nearly 100,000 vehicles do to two different problems. One that could cause the rear axle to break and the other a malfunction in the passenger side airbag of the vehicle causing it to not work. The recall for the air bag affects nearly 96,000 Cadillac CTS models ranging from the year 2005 to the year 2007. The recall for the axle affects approximately 1,300 2011 year versions of the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 and Silverado 1500, and the GMC Sierra 1500.
I think that it is a good thing that GM is recalling them because they know that there is problem with them and are willing to take responsibilty in fixing that problem. It is not good that the axle recall doesn't begin ntil January and that they still don't know when the recall will start for the air bag problem. There are a lot of vehicles being recalled and that really sucks but it will prevent accidents like what happened with Toyota and the acceleration pedal sticking. It is a bummer that the vehicles are nice new ones from 2011 and now they have to get fixed after being so new. Did GM thoroughly check these vehicles before they were available to consumers? Should there be more testing required before letting vehicles go on the market? How can this be prevented? It must be sucky for GM too since they just started selling stock shares a little while ago.
Link to article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40793552/ns/business-autos/
12/23/10
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