No, we didn't spell Toyota's name wrong. It's actually GM that's being investigated in this latest safety case by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) which has either stepped up its efforts or -most likely- most of us are paying closer attention to the agency after Toyota's "sticky" woes.
The NHTSA said that it opened an investigation on the Chevrolet Cobalt after 1,132 consumers complained about a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) in 2005-2009 Cobalt and 2008-2009 Cobalt SS models.
According to the agency's report, around 10 per cent of the complaints claim that the loss of steering assist resulted in difficultly controlling the vehicle, while 11 support that the sudden increase in steering effort caused by the alleged defect led to a crash, with one consumer alleging an injury.
If -and we stress "if"- the NHTSA's findings call for a fix, it is estimated that approximately 905,000 Cobalts will be affected by the recall.
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8 Comments:
Ha ha... Japanese cars, American cars .... as defective as Chinese made cars.
OH, yes, that problematic parts must be 'made in China'..... the Chinese must be the reason for all the defects !
One problem and somene says Japanese.
Behind every successful company there are a pack of Haters.
Check it out the best quality cars come from South Africa including GM & Ford.
Behind every post on the internet there is on mindless willing tool who mananged to work the word 'hater' into their vocabulary.
Every automaker makes mistakes; some more than others.
Ha ha? I am concerned about the safety and well-being of all drivers and passengers. No cause for celebration. We are talking about injury and death potention regarding many recalls... and even worse, when "faulty" vahicles get looked over and there are no recalls, as in a car I owned in the recent past.
No laughing matter!
cobalt...p.o.s
i just heard over NPR that Toyota's is the 4th largest recall ever. Number 1 or 2 is Ford with a still on-going recall that surpasses Toyota's easily and it's over a fire-inducing ignition switch if I'm not mistaken.
If Toyota's two recalls (the mat and the pedal) are combined it is still surpassed by Ford's.
Then comes a GM recall.
And have we heard this? Has it all been put into context?
Just funny how political our media are.
It's not exactly fair at many different levels.
--JORGE
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