GM recalls 1.5 million cars due to fire risk
Newsbot @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:54 am
Title: GM recalls 1.5 million cars due to fire risk
Category: Business
Posted By: bootlegga
Date: 2009-04-14 10:26:33
DrCaleb @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:54 am
Wow. glad I decided not to buy any of those ugly POS's. Ford uses metal in their engine bays.
hurley_108 @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:55 am
Heh, my intake manifold is plastic. No problems yet, coming up on 4 years later.
DrCaleb @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:59 am
Yea, my intake is too. But its nowhere near the exhaust headers, and the spark plugs wires are tied down with metal.
CanadianLynx @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:08 am
its called job creation
jason700 @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:23 pm
Talk about bad timing...
PluggyRug @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:02 pm
Instead of replacing the plastic plug cable retainer, why couldn't they produce an engine that does not leak drops of oil. GM's 3.8 litre engine has been around since the Leafs won the Stanley cup.
DrCaleb @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:02 pm
jason700 jason700:
Talk about bad timing...
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mtbr @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:15 pm
hurley_108 hurley_108:
Heh, my intake manifold is plastic. No problems yet, coming up on 4 years later.
yes , however your grill has a Toyota emblem on it
scarecrowe @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:16 pm
For the 54 of you who frequent this end of the firum, none of you would
a) be able to create the problem
b) fix the problem, and
c) are the problem.
DrCaleb @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:19 pm
scarecrowe scarecrowe:
For the 54 of you who frequent this end of the firum, none of you would
a) be able to create the problem
b) fix the problem, and
c) are the problem.
a) be able to create the problem
b) fix the problem, and
c) are the problem.
Most of us:
a) wouldn't have used plastic clips
b) can use a wrench
c) can spell 'Forum'
ridenrain @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:35 pm
I find it strange that their fix dosen't involve stopping those drips of oil getting on the manifold and catching fire but removing othr things that can burn. If the flaming oil was setting something on fire, isn't that already a problem?
Thanos @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:12 pm
CanadianLynx CanadianLynx:
its called job creation
Yeah, but for Mexicans.
Lemmy @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:15 pm
I would argue that ALL GMs are a "risk of fire." I conclude this on the grounds that anyone STUPID enough to purchase a GM is also stupid enough to be more likely to be involved in a car crash than a person of, say, 'normal' intelligence. It's a form of Natural Selection, really.
poquas @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:15 pm
Ford still holds the record for nightmare recalls. The recall involved the installation of a warning light to tell you that the wheel bearing has over heated and is about to fail causing your wheel to fall off.