GM recalls 2010 Camaros
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A faulty battery cable is at fault, with Chevy dealers standing by to repair the problem.
However, the faulty battery cable can pose a serious risk to 2010 Camaro SS owners – as the car can simply stop running – leading GM to recommend owners have the cars towed to the nearest dealership.
Does that mean we have to pay the towing bill as well?
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I have had GM vehicles in the past and grew up with them. I simply cannot stand GM any longer. That being said, there was a problem with the 2IS when it was introduced, and they would not allow any dealer to deliver the IS for (i think) a couple of weeks. It had to do with the accelerator pedal.
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Easy kids, its not that big of a news story unless you hate GM and are looking for a reason to bash them. My 2005 Honda mini-van had 8 recalls or "service notices" the first year.
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The first gen 03 Pilot we used to own had about 2-3...one of them was the addition of a transmission cooler...so it was semi-serious. We had it done, but no issues relating to it ever came up. Nothing ever broke and all that it required was routine maintainance over the span of 6 years/100,000 km.
Before than we had a 97 Chevy Blazer with a couple dozen TSBs. Here is what went wrong that caused the car to stall or not start or cause a safety issue:
- exploding battery - it had a huge hole in the side...car could be jumped but would die if you used the brakes or the transmission did a shift. Brakes don't work without it and it stalled on a hill!
- biodegradable transmission - caused a neck snapping surge between 1st and 2nd gear, virtually undrivable
- brake failure - my father nearly got into a huge accident due to this...he managed to pump the brakes and get it to stop
Non critical:
A/C died
alternator died
I don't believe any of these were TSBs.
So I would take your Honda mini-van any time before anything from GM. I wouldn't touch anything GM after that harrowing experience.
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something else to look at ---- in San Antonio, Toyota has an open communication system with its assembly line workers to mention ANYTHING that appears to be a problem or may turn into a problem -- I'm guessing in the GM plants if someone suspects something is not right the lowly assembly line worker can do nothing about it..."its not your job to design it, just build it"......again, just a guess on my part, but policies like that have to change!
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something else to look at ---- in San Antonio, Toyota has an open communication system with its assembly line workers to mention ANYTHING that appears to be a problem or may turn into a problem -- I'm guessing in the GM plants if someone suspects something is not right the lowly assembly line worker can do nothing about it..."its not your job to design it, just build it"......again, just a guess on my part, but policies like that have to change!
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Saw the new SS in a shopping center parking lot yesterday. Orange with a lot of ugly black stripe and hood graphics. I'm sure these cars will be common around here in a few weeks.