General Motors Recalls 804,000
Pickups and SUVs to Fix Brake Issues
 Do
you (or did you) own any of these potential GM lemon trucks
or SUVs:
- Chevrolet Silverado
- Suburban
- Tahoe
- Avalanche
- GMC Sierra
- Yukon
- Yukon XL
- 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 model years
 GM’s
recall affects the vehicles located in 14 states: Connecticut,
Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
and West Virginia. The federal government questioned the
need to do the recall in six more states, but GM balked.
Public reports indicate that customers who complained enough
about the problem might have been taken care of by a “secret” warranty
program that GM dealers were aware of back in 2003.
Road salt corrosion interferes with the ABS
sensors and can cause the system to activate at the wrong
speeds, frightening drivers and making stopping hazardous,
unpredictable and unsafe.
The Detroit News reported that Donald Nickerson, a fire
chief in Jackson, Maine. Nickerson said his wife recently
had a close call in their GMC Sierra 2500 pickup. Returning
home from a short errand, she couldn't get the truck to stop.
The brakes just "chattered," Nickerson said. She
let up on the pedal, and the brakes worked the second time. "I've
torn that truck all apart trying to figure out what's wrong," Nickerson
said. "You get ready to stop, and nothing happens. You
got a big truck, that's real scary. When I heard about the
recall, I said no wonder I've had all these problems."
Other defects in these vehicles may also exist.
If you own any of these potential lemon trucks or SUVs,
you may be entitled to your money back or a new vehicle.
Want more info? You can read the full Detroit News article
here.
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