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Jun 18, 2014

TRUCKS RECALLS * USA: GM's

* Michigan - GM recalls Silverado, Sierra HD Trucks

(Photo of 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD truck courtesy of General Motors) 
Detroit,MICH,USA -Automotive Fleet -June 16, 2014: -- General Motors has announced six new recalls affecting more than 3.3 million vehicles, including late-model Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500/3500 HD trucks as well as Cadillac ATS and CTS sedans... The June 16 truck recall affects 57,192 2015 model-year Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500 HD and GMC Sierra 2500/3500 HD vehicles... Dealers will inspect for proper attachment of the power steering hose clamps to the power steering pump... If the vehicle is driven with the clamp unattached, the hose may disconnect from the pump or gear, causing a rapid loss of power steering fluid. This will result in a sudden loss of power steering assist and Hydro Boost powered brakes. The vehicle would revert to manual brakes and manual steering... GM said it knows of no crashes or injuries arising from the condition...


* Michigan - GM Recalls: How General Motors silenced a whistle-blower 

(Photo Courtesy Beth Kelley: Courtland Kelley)
Detroit,MICH,USA -Bloomberg News, by Tim Higgins and Nick Summers -June 18, 2014: -- It was close to 3 a.m. on June 6 when Courtland Kelley burst into his bedroom, startling his wife awake. General Motors (GM), Kelley’s employer for more than 30 years, had just released the results of an investigation into how a flawed ignition switch in the Chevrolet Cobalt could easily slip into the “off” position—cutting power, stalling the engine, and disabling airbags just when they’re needed most. The part has been linked to at least 13 deaths and 54 crashes...
The “Valukas Report,” named for former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas, who assembled it at GM’s request from interviews with 230 witnesses and 41 million documents, blamed a culture of complacency for the more than decade-long delay before the company recalled millions of faulty vehicles. It described employees passing the buck and committees falling back on the “GM nod”—when everyone in a meeting agrees that something should happen, and no one actually does it. On page 93, a GM safety inspector named Steven Oakley is quoted telling investigators that he was too afraid to insist on safety concerns with the Cobalt after seeing his predecessor “pushed out of the job for doing just that” ... Reading the passage, Kelley felt like he’d been punched in the gut. The predecessor Oakley was talking about was Kelley...
(Photograph by St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office/AP - In 2006 the wreck of a 2005 Cobalt killed two and injured one)
It was a mixed victory: Kelley got unsafe trucks off the road, but he was transferred that fall to another role, described in his testimony as “special assignment” ...  It was a GM version of purgatory. He had no job responsibilities, he claimed...

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