[obermd]

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[obermd]

What if my ignition fails and my car shuts off then my axle brakes and I hit a wall and my airbag throws metal in my face?

Please, I wish, I could use the money!

1 - even with the ignition off you can still steer and brake with very little effort. I know, I've tested this. The Cruze performs extremely well in Forced Auto Stop scenerios.

2 - The half axle shaft isn't the axle. It's the drive shaft that rotates around the axle. Failure of this part simply deprives the drive wheels of torque. The car will coast to a stop.

3 - There is no exposed metal between you and any of the 10 air bags. I'd be more worried about the plastic hitting my glasses and shattering them. (EDIT: I just read the article about the lost eye and frankly, Takata should be shut down.)

 

[obermd]

I think we have to be careful not to jump to conclusions about GM. I doubt seriously that GM manufactures air bags...I am quite sure they're supplied by another vendor (not surprised if they aren't made in China). If so, I would not blame GM entirely for the problem even though I'm sure they were required to test them and should have found the problem. Of course, all of that is conjecture, but when they do my recall and replace my air bag, I'm going to ask them to tell me where the air bag was manufactured. When I Googled it, I found that some GM airbags are manufactured by Takata a company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The airbags were made by Takata, a Japanese company. Honda just recalled over 3 million of their cars world wide because of this same issue. Toyota is also recalling cars, but I don't know the number or geographic scope of their cars.

The reason all the Cruze in the time period are being recalled is because of the way the Lordstown assembly plant runs. There is a single 20.5 mile long assembly line and the parts from various manufacturers come in and get mixed together at each assembly station. Thus GM must recall all the cars during the time they were receiving faulty components from Takata and each car must be inspected to identify which cars need to have parts replaced. This, by the way, is also why all the Cruze manufactured during the faulty axle half shaft must be inspected as well.

From public comments by Mary Barra I suspect most, if not all of GM's assembly plants work the same way.

 

[obermd]

So...I went to my dealership this morning and in short order they said my vehicle was not recalled. I showed them the letter I had gotten and the FedEx envelope where GM sent the documents. Still, my VIN was not shown for the recall. They did have the information on the recall, but said mine was not listed. Duh...I'm wondering if GM has a clue as to what they're doing???

I had the service writer give me a service ticket saying they checked the car

I have no clue what's going on.

What's the return address on that FedEx envelope? I wonder if it came from the NHTSA or GM?

 

[obermd]

I know why they sent the recall notice FedEx. I just "tracked" your package FedEx: Shipping, Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management. GM is tracking the delivery of their recall notices. This prevents someone from going to court later and claiming they didn't receive the recall notice when in reality they did receive it. The Post Office doesn't provide electronic tracking.