GM Recalls 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Car To Inspect The Steering Shaft

These cars are all cars built at its plant Cruze Lord, Ohio, at the start of production last summer to 21 April when changes to the facility was closed to prevent the problem recurs, GM said.


Cars were sold in the United States and Canada since last September.


These vehicles, more than 120,000 cars with automatic transmission is controlled to ensure the connection of transition has been successfully installed, GM says.


"Very little," that the vehicle would be a problem, and GM stepped in with a quality procedure, so the error is repeated, vice president of GM Global Quality Woychowski Terry said in a statement.


A GM spokesman said the issue larger steering shaft was discovered when a customer lost control of the wheel in a parking lot, but has not had an accident.


The question of the automatic transmission models Cruze was discovered when customers have their cars under warranty, GM said.


GM has no accidents or injuries have been reported in the Cruze remember.


Cruze is GM's best-selling car in April and is an important diversification of the GM assembly at a time of rising fuel prices. Only the Chevrolet Silverado, GM sold more units last month as the Cruze.


Aaron Bragman, auto analyst at IHS, said he did not expect recall to affect sales of the Cruze, which last year replaced the sale drags Cobalt.


"Nothing exploded. No one in danger of" Bragman said.


A manual transmission, the Eco Cruze, gets 42 miles per gallon on the highway and the most popular version automatically gets 37 mpg on the highway.


Last month, GM Recalls 2100 Cruze cars inspected and properly connected to the steering wheel.


GM said the Cruze file documents to remind the federal safety regulators in the United States on Thursday, and will mail notices to customers starting next week.


Chevrolet dealerships inspection takes about an hour, GM says.


repair parts and requires no matter realign the steering axle or transfer connections, GM says.


Changes in the Lordstown plant linked to a variety of tools that workers and modification of the procedure, the GM said.


TRUCK, VAN EVEN REMEMBER


GM, the largest U.S. automaker, also announced two other points. No crashes or injuries due to any claimant.


The company said the nut on the wiper motor crank arm may come loose on certain 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks, affecting 6,303 vehicles including 4,674 trucks in the United States.


It said that the brake fluid to leak led it to recall the 8723 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans from model years 2011