Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Deliveries Halted for Airbag Problem, GM Issues Further Recalls

Will GM ever be capable to focus on merely creating cars and trucks? The beleaguered automotive juggernaut has identified but yet another safety concern it demands to repair. Automotive News reports that driver-side airbag connections in the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks had been wired incorrectly to right the dilemma, the airbag’s sensing and diagnostic module will be reprogrammed.

GM started delivering the trucks to dealerships just 2 weeks ago Chevrolet and GMC dealers have been instructed to maintain the automobiles until the repair is implemented, which will come about within the next handful of days.

At least the fix will not be a key inconvenience. Just 49 cars are in the hands of buyers, a GM spokesman told AN. The rest of them are nevertheless at the production plant, in transit, or sitting in dealer inventory. GM says the trucks are safe to drive loaners are obtainable for spooked owners.

GM also recalled far more than 520,000 crossover SUV models globally (380,000 in the U.S.) based on the Theta Premium platform, such as the 2010–15 Cadillac SRX and all 457 Saab 9-4X units ever constructed. The dealer will verify the impacted autos for improper torque on a rear toe-link adjuster. 3 crashes have occurred, according to GM. Moreover, practically 90,000 units of the 2013–15 Chevy Spark will be recalled to verify for corrosion of the secondary hood-latch striker if it sticks, the hood could open unexpectedly. No U.S. incidents have been reported, but 3 situations of the hood popping open occurred in Europe.

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To the unsuspecting observer, the sheer number of recalls at GM is bewildering—there have been 71 in our industry so far this year. But CEO Mary Barra and the rest of GM’s leading brass seem to be taking no chances after the lax recall policy of preceding years and the subsequent political fallout have shaken the company to its core.

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Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Deliveries Halted for Airbag Problem, GM Issues Further Recalls

GM Does About-Face on Misleading Payload Ratings, Ford Sees No Problem

Basic Motors has decided to promote truthful payload weight ratings on all of its 2015 pickups soon after a recent post by Automotive News known as out the automaker for stripping out regular parts to make the trucks seem a lot more capable.

The most current move, first reported by Yahoo Autos, indicates GM will now use the genuine curb weights of its base trucks to decide the payload ratings it publishes on its sites and other marketing materials. GM had been playing a bit loose with the ratings since the 2014 model year began to much better compete against Ford—including deleting rear bumpers and swapping steel wheels for alloys on trucks for which they’re unavailable—and to obtain the highest achievable payload ratings.

Until last week, GM had defended ripping out rear bumpers and other parts because the company gives “business customers” the option to order trucks without those parts. However much less than 2 weeks after AN outed the automaker for the practice, it has now pulled a 180.

“As this story unfolded, we took a appear at how the complete industry does this, and almost everyone uses base curb weight,” GM spokesman Tom Wilkinson told AN. “We thought the ideal factor to do was line up with the rest of the market to make these comparisons as straightforward as attainable for buyers.”

GM did not specify exactly when it would begin reporting the new ratings or how significantly they would alter but mentioned it would apply them to all 2015 light- and heavy-duty trucks, such as the smaller sized GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado models. To its credit, GM has also embraced SAE standards for establishing towing ratings on its light-duty trucks, another hotly contested numerical battle amongst pickup producers that is slowly getting standardized. 

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Ford, which has been gaming weights with its heavy-duty trucks considering that 2011, is now the only pickup manufacturer continuing to mislead American customers on its ratings. (Ram, Nissan, and Toyota say they use base curb weights with all stock components fitted to the car when marketing payload figures.) The Dearborn-based automaker is continuing to calculate heavy-duty payload ratings by removing products such as jacks, spare tires, center consoles, and radios and then marketing the figures as if the trucks had been entirely stock. Ford told AN it wasn’t preparing to modify its ratings. We believe it ought to make the switch—what do you say?

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GM Does About-Face on Misleading Payload Ratings, Ford Sees No Problem