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LATEST GM RECALL INVOLVES 127,000 CORVETTES
In its third major recall announcement in less than a week, General Motors Corp. says
about 127,000 Chevrolet Corvettes need to be serviced due to a faulty electronic steering
column that could remain locked while the vehicle is being driven. To date, GM says it
hasn’t “confirmed” any such occurrences of this happening in vehicles in the field.
Separately, Volvo issued its second recall in two days yesterday. The latest involves
more than 105,000 S60, S80 and V70 cars with defective ball-joint nuts in their frontcontrol
arms that may cause misalignment of the steering wheel. About half the affected
vehicles, which were produced between April and November last year, were sold in the
U.S., Sweden and Britain. No related accidents have been reported.
GM’s Corvette recall follows a 1.8-million-car campaign launched Friday to fix ignition
switches that could overheat and a second recall on Monday involving 636,000 midsize
SUVs with corrosion-prone windshield wiper modules.
GM’s latest problem affects certain 1997-2000 Corvettes with automatic transmissions
sold in North America and Europe and 2001-2004 models sold overseas. It also
involves some 1997-2004 Vettes with manual gearboxes sold worldwide.
The Corvette’s electronic steering column prevents the steering wheel from being
turned when the ignition is off and is supposed to unlock when the car is restarted. If this
doesn’t happen, the system sends a message to the powertrain control module to cut fuel
supply to the engine. But GM says the message may be lost or not fully acted upon in the
recalled models due to an interruption of power or low voltage.
The fix varies depending on transmission type. Cars with automatics will have their
column lock plate removed; those outfitted with a manual unit merely have to have the
PCM reprogrammed. GM will make the repairs this spring. Until then, it advises drivers to
verify that the steering wheel is unlocked (by trying to rotate it a full turn) before shifting
into gear.
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