Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off

[Denny Crane]

http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2...teering-wheel-falls-off/?mod=google_news_blog

Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you’re speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel.

It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver’s nightmare. And it happened to at least one driver of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact car last month, and General Motors Corp. is recalling 2,100 of the cars as a result.

While the recall affects a relatively small number of vehicles, it is an unpleasant development for Chevrolet, which has been riding high on the success of its new small car. Chevrolet sold 50,205 Cruzes through the end of March. That’s well short of the 76,821 units Toyota sold of the Cruze’s main rival, the Corolla, but it is ahead of the 37,379 Cobalts Chevy sold in the same period. The Cruze replaced the Cobalt and is supposed to be a departure from that uninspired model.

 

[Denny Crane]

Look for
the union label

 

[hypnosmurf]

I know a girl from work that won a Cruze at the home and garden show. The taxes were a bitch since it was considered taxable income. That free car cost her $6000, but I'm sure she got her money back and then some when she sold it.

 

[maxiep]

Don't worry; any losses GM incurs will be picked up by us.