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Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - AlphaDog - 04-17-2009
I'd heard something about it yesterday but didn't pay much attention until the video on tonight's news of the Chevy Lumina burning to a crisp, and the people trying to get the disabled driver out of it. It is one of the cars included in the recall, although there's no information yet about whether the fire in the engine compartment was actually caused by the same issue that's prompting the recall.
1997 - 2003 Buick Regal (is that what 'Mint had?)
1998 - 2003 Chev Lumina
1998 - 1999 Olds Intrigue
1997 - 2003 Pontiac Gran Prix
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE53D31P20090414
Edit: I forgot to add that it's the 3.8L engine models only.
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - estnyc - 04-17-2009
If they've been recalled, how can anyone have them?
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - AlphaDog - 04-17-2009
estnyc wrote:
If they've been recalled, how can anyone have them?
Hey, I didn't pick the word they used!
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - macphanatic - 04-17-2009
Haven't owned a GM since the 74 Caddy I had in 1980. Now that was a car!
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - testcase - 04-17-2009
"didn't pay much attention until the video on tonight's news of the Chevy Lumina burning to a crisp"
Don't you just hate when that happens!
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - Jack D. - 04-17-2009
I'll bet GM has at least one Executive somewhere who's annual salary equals what it will cost to fix these 1,500,000 vehicles. Hhhmmmm...I smell blood.
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - wowzer - 04-17-2009
They ought to recall all the cars and refurb them to be more dependable...then in bankruptcy, they can erase all that bad debt. Start fresh, I say.
Or just buy a Honda and fugehtaboutit. ;-)
Re: Does anybody have one of the 1.5M GM cars that have been recalled? - C(-)ris - 04-17-2009
I don't think people are equating recall to what is actually being done:
"GM dealers will remove the plastic spark plug retention channel and install two new spark plug wire retainers free of charge."
They are replacing a piece of plastic....big deal. I bet half the cars that come in don't even have the old channel installed anymore. Those get broken all the time when wires are changed.