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The bigwigs over at General Motors announced an immediate stop-sale order on some 2013 and 2014 model year Chevrolet Cruze sedans currently in dealership inventory. As for the potentially hazardous condition that hampered the sales of GM's best-selling passenger car, investigators hint that Takata-sourced airbags are the reason of the sales halt.
"Certain vehicles may be equipped with a suspect driver's air bag inflator module that may have been assembled with an incorrect part. We are working diligently with the supplier of the defective part to identify specific vehicles affected and expect to resume deliveries by the end of this week once those vehicles are identified." GM spokesman Jim Cain detailed in a statement.
According to Automotive News, Chevrolet dealerships were notified on Tuesday and those 33,000 Cruze sedans are located in various areas from all over the United States and Canada. Even though it's not actually classified as a recall, the cause behind this stop-sale order is not to be taken lightly. Because the inflator module has been assembled with an incorrect part by supplier Takata, the driver-side airbag won't deploy properly/safely.
You might remember that over 7 million vehicles equipped with Takata airbags have been recalled up to this moment over nasty inflators prone to burst in passengers' faces. Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and BMW are affected by the issue, while six persons from Puerto Rico and Florida had some nasty experiences with Takata airbags inflating the incorrect way. In the Chevrolet Cruze's case, this stop-sale order might affect General Motor's June sales dramatically considering the Cruze is the best-selling nameplate of the automaker.
Further more, this is the second sales halt that involves the 2013 - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. A few months ago, 172,000 Cruze sedans were ultimately called back to dealership service departments to fix half-shafts described as "prone to fracture." And if we're to believe an anonymous GM insider that tipped Autoblog a few moments ago, "the stop-sale order has been lifted" and "the company is moving toward a recall." For those of you that are crazy about numbers, this would be the 45th General Motors recall operation announced since the 1st of January, 2014.
According to Automotive News, Chevrolet dealerships were notified on Tuesday and those 33,000 Cruze sedans are located in various areas from all over the United States and Canada. Even though it's not actually classified as a recall, the cause behind this stop-sale order is not to be taken lightly. Because the inflator module has been assembled with an incorrect part by supplier Takata, the driver-side airbag won't deploy properly/safely.
You might remember that over 7 million vehicles equipped with Takata airbags have been recalled up to this moment over nasty inflators prone to burst in passengers' faces. Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and BMW are affected by the issue, while six persons from Puerto Rico and Florida had some nasty experiences with Takata airbags inflating the incorrect way. In the Chevrolet Cruze's case, this stop-sale order might affect General Motor's June sales dramatically considering the Cruze is the best-selling nameplate of the automaker.
Further more, this is the second sales halt that involves the 2013 - 2014 Chevrolet Cruze. A few months ago, 172,000 Cruze sedans were ultimately called back to dealership service departments to fix half-shafts described as "prone to fracture." And if we're to believe an anonymous GM insider that tipped Autoblog a few moments ago, "the stop-sale order has been lifted" and "the company is moving toward a recall." For those of you that are crazy about numbers, this would be the 45th General Motors recall operation announced since the 1st of January, 2014.
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