AMERICAN car 2011 Chevy Cruze steering wheel falls off, only driving 65 mph. Options

[MiCC]

2011 Chevy Cruze MADE IN USA, where is the mainstream media on this?!? oh yea its an American company so we are not going to bash it like we did to Toyota.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2_b4V6C4aM

Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off

Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel.

It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact car last month, and General Motors Corp. is recalling 2,100 of the cars as a result.

While the recall affects a relatively small number of vehicles, it is an unpleasant development for Chevrolet, which has been riding high on the success of its new small car. Chevrolet sold 50,205 Cruzes through the end of March. That’s well short of the 76,821 units Toyota sold of the Cruze’s main rival, the Corolla, but it is ahead of the 37,379 Cobalts Chevy sold in the same period. The Cruze replaced the Cobalt and is supposed to be a departure from that uninspired model.

In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car maker said it traced the problem with that particular car to a case in which the wrong wheel was put in a car and replaced later in the assembly process with the correct one. But the new wheel wasn’t attached properly, the car maker says.

When the wheel separated from the steering column, the driver was able to get the car to the side of the road safely, and the company says it has tested other cars from the production run and found no similar problems. General Motors says it believes this was an isolated incident.

Chevrolet says it has changed the production process to make sure the machine used to attach the steering wheel can accommodate only the correct one. The company is recalling cars that were built before it made the change.

Under the recall, dealers will inspect the steering wheel to make sure it is properly attached. This service is free of charge and the recall is expected to begin on or before April 8, 2011. Owners may contact Chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438.
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2011/04/...heel-falls-off/

This post has been edited by MiCC: Apr 12 2011, 10:12 PM

[Jasel]

wow

Weird I haven't heard anything about this.

[MiCC]

wow

Weird I haven't heard anything about this.

Like I said before, because it is an American company, the mainstream media is not going to broadcast it like it did with the Japanese company Toyota.

[chiuchimu]

So how is Obama going to handle this one? Lets take a guess!

[Galatian]

American automobiles are indeed vastly inferior or European. Even outside of Europe, many people own or want to own European cars and even Japanese cars.
How often do you see people in Europe or Japan driving Americans cars? Exactly nobody wants them.

[Taln]

American automobiles are indeed vastly inferior or European. Even outside of Europe, many people own or want to own European cars and even Japanese cars.
How often do you see people in Europe or Japan driving Americans cars? Exactly nobody wants them.

Yeah, right, like my BMW that holds a $1500 piece of equipment in place with 2 PLASTIC bolts - known to fail after 2 or 3 years.

Chevy's suck, but they are cheaper to fix.

This post has been edited by Taln: Apr 14 2011, 12:24 PM

[KraterosHellas]

American automobiles are indeed vastly inferior or European. Even outside of Europe, many people own or want to own European cars and even Japanese cars.
How often do you see people in Europe or Japan driving Americans cars? Exactly nobody wants them.

america makes good trucks and suv's though.

[whitepox]

american car sux!