Recall Friday: GM Recalls Over 78,000 Cars And Trucks In Three Campaigns

GM is recalling 69,000 vehicles for various issues. The biggest chunk of the recall involves 57,100 2007-model-year Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent SUVs. The recall is safety-related, but not a defect, per se. The company will install additional safety foam in models not equipped with side airbags or sunroofs. The change will help lessen the chance of head injuries in a crash.

GM is also recalling 20,514 2001-model-year Saturn L-Series cars over a timing chain in the engine that could separate when the engine is running.

Rounding out the recall announcement are 11,974 2001-model-year Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks equipped with 8.1-liter V-8 engines. A faulty sensor can cause the engine in these trucks to stall.

carguy68 - 12/14/2007 12:27:37 PM

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what's all the hipe about gm getting better. This says it all!

S4cabriofoxone - 12/15/2007 4:04:45 PM

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If you think 78,000 is a lot for a volume manufacturer... you thought wrong.

Shredmo - 12/14/2007 1:47:26 PM

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The Saturn L series recall calls for some egging, but the SUV recall shouldn't be considered negative, IMO. Adding safety to a vehicle on their own should be looked at honorably, rather than with scorn. The vehicle has already tested through the govt. and IIHS to receive it's ranking. They could just as easily said screw it, as they did with the known defect on the STS moonroof.

SteveL - 12/14/2007 2:58:16 PM

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These recalls are no more or less significant then the ones Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Ford has had. And yes GM is getting better.

Htay7500 - 12/15/2007 7:31:57 AM

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hello, Honda? Since when?

neutral - 12/16/2007 9:13:52 PM

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try the 2000-2002 accord 5 speeds, notorious for blowing up at 100,000km

toolatetorace - 12/14/2007 11:36:38 PM

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Just doing a little fine tunning GM is , like toyota is doing on all their recalls

RealitySmack - 12/15/2007 9:13:50 PM

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LOL! It's funny to see comments here and over on the Toyota recall thread! Hypocrisy at it's best.

Can we come to the conclusion that NOBODY is perfect? And stop the bashing for any manufacturer like 8 year olds.

neutral - 12/16/2007 8:56:08 PM

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Recalls happen, people ought quit whining. There are tens of thousands, if no hundreds of thousands of parts/systems on every vehicle. There are always going to be some problems. The fact that there are so few problems in this day & age from every manufacturer is amazing.

Japanese, American, German, Korean, etc all make great, reliable cars. People whine for the littlest thing. PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE PEOPLE!!

I swear, if I hear one more person on this site say the oh-so-typical "buy a lexus for reliabiliy, a BMW for driving dynamics", I'm going to schvitz. People complain about the littlest damn things.