33k Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Involved In GM Stop-Sale Order
26 Jun 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 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 ...
Chinese Supplier Blamed by GM Over Ignition Switch Fiasco
25 Jun 2014, 19:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Well, well, well. What do we have here then? Moments ago we’ve found out that General Motors accused one of its suppliers as the prime cause for the millions of vehicles fitted with sub-standa...
GM Speeds Up Ignition Repairs With Dealer Incentives
22 Jun 2014, 17:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now here's a little bit of good news coming from General Motors – dealerships nationwide will be offered $250 in order to hurry up the replacement of faulty ignition switches. But this is...
Chrysler Investigated Over Ignition Switch Problem
18 Jun 2014, 20:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just as General Motors' recall tally surpassed the 20 million vehicle mark, another heavyweight manufacturer from Detroit is facing an investigation over potential ignition switch glitches. Chr...
Mary Barra Vowed GM Will Get Its Act Together, Recall Tally Surpasses 20 Million Vehicles
18 Jun 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The General Motors CEO declared today in front of Congress members that she "will not rest" until safety and non-compliance issues affecting millions of GM vehicles will be fixed. Barra un...
GM to Drill Holes Into the Keys of 3.4 Million Vehicles
17 Jun 2014, 09:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yup, you heard that right. General Motors' latest recall involves over 3 million cars which will have their keys reworked… with an electric drill! The fix involves adding a plastic inser...
Entire Chevrolet Camaro Production Run Recalled, Saab 9-3 Convertible Also Added to GM Recall Tally
13 Jun 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Saab is currently in Chinese hands and builds a cheap electric rendition of the 9-3, almost 29k drop-tops wearing the Swedish griffin badge that utilize General Motors underpinnings are ...
Owners of Recalled GM Vehicles Won't Be Compensated For Depreciation
12 Jun 2014, 07:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An official statement from General Motors indicates that owners of recalled GM-branded cars will not receive any kind of compensation for lost value on their vehicles. However, the Detroit manufactu...
NHTSA Halts $7k Daily Fines Against General Motors
11 Jun 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors doesn't have to pay anymore daily fines after the Detroit manufacturer successfully addressed the agency's recall inquiries. For the reason of failing to meet the April 3rd ...
GM Lays Off 15 Employees Over Delayed Ignition Switch Scandal
9 Jun 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the extremely "thorough, brutally tough" and "deeply troubling" Valukas report, the 13 fatally injured connected to GM's faulty ignition switches lead the autom...
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Cadillac CTS-V Recalled Over Defective Supercharger
4 Jun 2014, 17:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in: General Motors announced the supercharger bolted atop the 6.2-liter V8 powerplant fitted to the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Cadillac CTS-V might not work properly. According to the Detroi...
Epic Fail: GM Sent Recall Notices To Victims' Families
4 Jun 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's common knowledge that the 2.6 million General Motors vehicles fitted with defective ignition switches caused at least 13 fatalities, although an independent analysis hikes that figure to a...
Holden VF Commodore, WN Caprice Recalled Over Defective Seatbelts
1 Jun 2014, 17:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The ever-increasing General Motors recall saga continues with a safety campaign in the land down under. No less than 41,993 Holden VF Commodore and WN Caprice vehicles from the 2014 model year are c...
Faulty GM Ignition Switches Killed Over 13 People, NHTSA Reckons
29 May 2014, 08:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most American drivers know by now what the GM recall fiasco boils down to - very unsafe cars. Even though the Detroit manufacturer reckons 13 people have been killed in accidents connected to the de...
Buick Enclave Recalled In China Over Defective Seat Belts
26 May 2014, 07:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Officially dubbed Shanghai GM, the Detroit manufacturer's Chinese joint venture announced it will recall over 26,579 Buick Enclave crossovers for shoddy safety belts. Over the last 50 years ...
US Congress to Lift $35 Million Auto Safety Violation Penalty
25 May 2014, 12:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We imagine that every driver affected one way or another by the GM recall saga blames auto safety regulators for not imposing larger fines to deter manufacturers from doing very stupid things with p...
GM Recall: 218k Chevrolet Aveo Sedans Affected
21 May 2014, 17:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Lately it seems that General Motors announces a call back operation every 24 hours or so. This instance, older generation Chevrolet Aveo subcompacts are recalled over melting electronics. GM'...
GM to Pay $10 Billion Worth Of Lawsuit Settlements
21 May 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just like we've told you a few days back, those $35 million going to the NHTSA from Government Motors' pockets aren't really enough to properly wash GM's recall sins. Currently, ...
GM Recall Saga Continues: 2.42 Million Vehicles Affected
20 May 2014, 16:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After 8.1 million cars recalled in 2014 alone and a $35 million fine for delayed reporting of call back operations, Government Motors announced today it's recalling an extra 2.42 million vehicl...
69 Words GM Employees Shouldn't Use
19 May 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We've all been there at least once - working like a dog at a big multinational corporation for a pay we couldn't really enjoy spending because of the 40+ hours spent at work per week and t...