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Chevy Cruze Steering Wheel Falls Off
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Shit happens with mass produced vehicles, and even hand built ones. Several Ferrari 458 Italias have burned to the ground recently. Ford also just recalled 1.2 million F150's after 300 of them had airbags go off for no reason, causing 100 injuries to drivers. I guess that means Ford and Ferrari both suck too? No.
Why so much hate on GM?? You don't like it, don't buy it.
Id never own one now (Cruze). Unless were talking about a Cheep, in which id never own one to begin with. My sisters Liberty is pos enough, and seen countless other family/friends with Cheeps over the years.
Co-Produced, and has (GST/GSX) no vital chrysler components that are chrysler related (maybe a switch here and there, AC system bullshit), though Ive yet to stumble upon a part number other than a mitsubishi one (they start with an MD or M). Now an RS/GS eclipse on the other hand, all Mopar parts and numbers, hell same engine that comes with the neon (420a) but in a heavier chassis. Notice the nicer trim levels (GST/GSX) have all Mitsu parts, while the shitty models (GS/RS) have all Mopar? Its not a coincidence....... If my car had anything Chrysler related that was important, id set it in a field and put it out of its misery. I enjoy my Mitsubishi made engine, transmission and many other vital and reliable parts produced by Japanese with tiny hands and imported over to be assembled by US workers.
Should do some research before you try to talk shit. Not to mention, I never said my car didnt have its flaws.......It is a Mitsubishi, and they did just drop the Evo, Lancer and Eclipse lines altogether. Not the brightest company in the world.
However shitty my Mitsubishi is, its steering wheel doesnt pop off because its only press-fit into the hub. It has this cool thing called a bolt that holds it to the hub as well, thats torqued to 200ft/lbs (or so it seems when youre trying to break it loose) and isnt going anywhere if you dont have a decent sized breaker bar. Of course, if youre trying to value-engineer and cut costs via lean manufacturing techniques, things like the necessity of said bolt go the wayside to meet cost cuts.
LOL talking shit about a Cobra on a SVT site I see? Troll much? GTFO and head to a Cheep forum.
And like I stated above, no ****ing way in HELL would I own an actual Chrysler product, let alone a Cheep. My sister has one and its a ****ing pile, and many friends/family over the years. ABS sensors, brakes need to be redone fully about once every 10k it seems. Engine burns oil and ticks if its not always full to the brim. Absolute junk. Id never trust one farther than I can tow one, and sure in the hell wouldnt be relying upon one to get me through some crazy wilderness trail.
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To be honest I thought it was kinda odd when they felt the need to mention the passengers in the car.
A grandmother, a mother, and a baby......why not say there were 4 puppies in the car for good measure
Just because that's all that can fit in your SI doesn't mean that's how we all roll.
Well, it did make me think of what I would do if that there my wife and kids in the car. Glad they made it out of it okay, but if that were my family, I'd do what I can to ****ing OWN the car company that made my family so unsafe. I can't even imagine what I'd do if it actually ended up hurting them.
Just because that's all that can fit in your SI doesn't mean that's how we all roll.
I could probably fit 5!!
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IMO if they ARE running a scam then thats exactly what they want you to think!
By mentioning the grandma, mom, and baby as the passengers anyone that watches the video will immediately think "That could have been my grandma, mom, or baby in that car!"
If the video gets enough public backing GM might be more likely to settle to avoid a PR nightmare if this goes to court
How can it be a scam when Chevy obviously inspected the damaged steering wheel and didn't sic a shit-ton of lawyers on the family for them intentionally damaging the steering wheel and messing with GM's rep? That is, instead of issuing an expensive recall instead. Are they master engineers that can fake a factory flaw?
How is the person who filmed the video running a scam?
Looks like your standard vehicle parked inside a dealer service/repair bay waiting work. I fail to see how a dealership is going to be running this scam......
Looks like your standard vehicle parked inside a dealer service/repair bay waiting work. I fail to see how a dealership is going to be running this scam......
i'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that it's because a ****ing STEERING WHEEL fell off of a brand new car while it was being driven down the highway:dw: that's aside from the fact that GM's quality has been iffy overall these past few years. the first camaros rolling out of the factory with stick on wheel weights on the calipers?!:dw: it's not that GM isn't being given a chance, it's that they continually **** up on a regular basis.
We will agree to disagree, I will say this though, you obviously can't have an unbiased opinion on a company you hate. So its obvious no matter how good a Chrysler product is you will always say its crap.
what is still funny is you are still stuck on the thought process that this is a huge problem effecting tons of cars, yet only 1 single car had this issue and nobody was injured. Its kinda of sad that you and others are still stuck on that. I guess people just don't read anymore.
Also, if you can't take criticism on your poor little cobra, then you should GTFO. This site has become more of a car enthusiast site than an SVT only site.
SBo3 - Its not irony, but its funny that I didn't really think about that. I did not own one, however my brother did and yes it was a pile of crap, fast, but still a pile of crap.
Dont have to worry, Chrysler product will never become good for me to worry about having to change my opinion.
Funny part is my family grew up as Dodge lovers. Had a Spirit RT and a Caravan. We still have a 05 Neon. Actually its funny, the Neon was the only thing they did right, build a cheap mass produced fleet car thats cheap to repair and mostly reliable.
Not the point. Its 1 car that we know about so far.
How many countless other vehicles are out there that are a ticking time bomb for steering wheel failure? They are produced on the same assembly line, using parts produced at the same vendor. I highly doubt its a random occurance, and likely a mixture of a bad batch of parts with either poor metallurgy or loose tolerances, coupled with lean manufacturing technique to save money. Theres more out there. This will be the Toyota brake failure all over again. Hell we dont even yet know this is just Cruze related, if they use the same hub/design on other vehicles, its safe to say those are under scrutiny as well.
Oh well, every year some company has to take it in the ass, just sucks that our taxpaying money will likely again go to keeping them afloat.
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