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Aug 15, 2014

TRUCKS RECALLS * USA: GM's

* DC - Another GM unresolved recall problem: Trucks with ABS defect

Washington,DC,USA -NLPC, by Mark Modica -12 August 2014: -- General Motors has yet another unresolved safety concern with its vehicles. This one involves trucks with anti-lock braking system (ABS) problems. The ABS in some GM trucks engages at slow speeds in dry conditions, leading to a loss of braking and increased stopping distances. Once again, this is a known problem at GM, as they have recalled vehicles previously from earlier model years with the same problem... A search on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website finds hundreds of complaints from owners of GM trucks, model years 2003 to 2008, who experienced loss of braking from inadvertent ABS activation. The root of this problem is not hard to discover; GM recalled earlier model years of the same vehicles that experienced the same problems back in 2005. The plot thickens when considering the known cause, which was brake line corrosion; a problem we at NLPC have been trying to get addressed for months now... So let's summarize; back in 2005 GM was aware of corrosion issues with its braking system in Salt Belt states and addressed part of the problem with a recall. Years later, the same problems occur in newer model years of the same vehicles in the same Salt Belt states. GM now does nothing about the ABS problem and claims brake line corrosion is the responsibility of owners...

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