400K+ Cruze's Recalled

[Deliboy]

Wow, GM recalling every 2011 and 2012 Cruze for potential fire hazards. BUt by reading this it doesn't look as if this will in any way carry over to other vehicles. Very interesting though.
GM recalling over 400,000 Chevy Cruzes - Jun. 22, 2012

 

[SSpeckerwood]

i'm not sure if it will effect the sonic. thanks for the info though

 

[Papasonic]

The article describes an engine shield that can trap oil, or can possibly burn if hot hydraulic oil from a failiing clutch were to contact it.

It sounds like it might be the belly pan cover that mysteriously has been omitted from current production Sonics. Maybe that is the real reason the Sonics no longer are produced with the plastic belly pan; it may be a potential fire hazzard.

Papasonic

 

[laborsmith]

Except the recalled Cruze vehicles were made from start of production thru May and we have pretty much determined Chevy stopped installing the Sonic belly pan at the beginning of January.

Laborsmith

 

[Papasonic]

Except the recalled Cruze vehicles were made from start of production thru May and we have pretty much determined Chevy stopped installing the Sonic belly pan at the beginning of January.

Laborsmith

I, not knowing if the Cruze is produced with a belly pan or not, just saw a correlation between the two events; a recall on a engine shielding problem on one model, and the omission of an engine shield on a similarly designed vehicle. Maybe there was knowledge of this problem well in advance of the Cruze recall, and spurred a production change to the Sonic. Just my perception of what is happening; I may be totally off the mark, but it made sense to me at the time.

Papasonic

 

[mitdr774]

So people not cleaning up after an oil change or continuing to drive on a wasted clutch can cause a fire. Duly noted...

 

[oldertech]

Makes perfect sense to compare the belly pan issue. I wonder what is folks with bellypans should do? It was noted that if the pan was left in place during an oil change that the pan would retain oil. I imagine most quicky change places wouldn't clean off the oil. Heck dealers either. But does the pan offer any benefit? And will the recall Cruizes lose their belly pans? Hmmmm.

 

[Eric Smit]

I'm not gonna do anything.


-Eric Smit

 

[laborsmith]

Does the pan offer a benefit? I have no way of knowing but I do know that Chevrolet has a pan on the super high technologically advanced Camaro ZL1.

Until I learn of a reason not to, I will keep the pan in place.

Laborsmith

 

[Deliboy]

Here is a bit more detailed article.

GM to recall Cruze cars over risk of engine fire | cleveland.com

 

[oldertech]

Here is a bit more detailed article.

GM to recall Cruze cars over risk of engine fire | cleveland.com

"hot plastic shield?"

 

[theenico]

Here's the link to GM's actual release as published by NHTSA:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM423017/RCORRD-12V288-5656.pdf

 

[laborsmith]

So the fix appears to be "modifying" and not removing.

Laborsmith

 

[Eric Smit]

My buddy with a Cruze had his looked at. They just drilled some holes.


-Eric Smit

 

[Deliboy]

Lol reminds me when a plane I was riding on was deleyed because one of the seat belts was broken. After an hour a mechanic shows up with a pair of plyers and duct tape. So never fly AirTran.


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[Eric Smit]

Lol reminds me when a plane I was riding on was deleyed because one of the seat belts was broken. After an hour a mechanic shows up with a pair of plyers and duct tape. So never fly AirTran.


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An hour for seatbelts, two hours for ice, 6 hours for an undetermined issue.
A Unite* Airlines flight I was on was visibly leaking fuel. I saw it when it pulled up. It was roughly 8 minutes, and we were allowed to board. No delays after that. I was a little uneasy about their laser fast fix.

Company censored to prevent negative publicity. ;P


-Eric Smit

 

[TIEfighter]

Glad I drive a Sonic.

 

[Sonic]

Im glad I fly Netjets.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

 

[SheenaJ]

It was sad to know more about recalling of cars. Its quite disappointing because the promise of being safe when driving a car is not there anymore. Recalling is everywhere! Just for an update, Automakers BMW and Chevy have both announced recalls. The designs impacted are the ActiveE EV and the Captiva Sport crossover, respectively. BMW's recall of the ActiveE is one of the first released for an electric automobile. You can check this out for a proof: BMW ActiveE and Chevrolet Captiva recalled.

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