GM Issues Five New Recalls For 2.99 Million Vehicles

GM is still building junk today, albeit a much better junk than that of the years past. If people choose to buy a GM product, they deserve whatever it is they get, good, bad or indifferent. At least GM is issuing recalls! It wasn't too long ago that GM would have mounted a full-on campaign of denial, misdirection, obfuscation and misinformation. This is what the bailout and nationalization got us. I'd say fine GM to the tune of the $10B GM still owes the US taxpayers.

@highdesertcat Sounds about right HDC. 10 billion, call it even, and no more government investigations, fines or recalls. If you are stupid enough to buy a GM car, you're on your own. This is as it should be.

@highdesertcat I agree they should be fined. The amount I believe should hurt most all involved with GM. The government would have been well aware of these recalls coming up. GM's BoD, executives, shareholder, UAW, etc all should be hurt to the point some commonsense prevails. This bull$hit of too big to fail also seems to be to big to challenge. Make GM and any other manufacturer that hides information hurt. I realize we are humans and errors occur, but covering up deficient and unsafe vehicles is a crime and a different situation. It's tantamount to lying.

@ HDC & thelaine...So in your world ALL GM buyers are just plain stupid? Your opinion and your entitled to it. I happen to be proud GM owner, and a former employee. I suppose that makes me stupid? Fair enough guys. I too have a right to judge.

@thelaine Hell no Mikey, I never said that. You are a genius. You belong to a union that managed to snooker 10 billion dollars from taxpayers into your pension fund. My statement had nothing to do with you.

@thelaine...Were good! I'm no genius. I went looking for a job when I was 18, GM was there and the rest was history. The UAW and CAW were just part of the package. I'm not sure of the what exactly transpired in the USA during the 08-10 period. GM Canada did not go bankrupt. However without a "made in Canada" bailout. GM would have shut the doors, and gone home. One of the stipulations from the Canadian governments, was that GM shore up the pension plan. Both plans! Hourly, and non union, salary plans. The governments had given GM a free ride, in allowing them to divert pension contributions into general funds. After all GM was "too big to fail" Love it hate it..We in Canada have a very expensive social safety net. Had Ontario and Ottawa allowed GM to go belly up. They would of put 3/4 of the retired workforce {union and no union} on welfare. To say nothing of the tens od thousands of job losses. Our "social safety net" some call it a "Ponzi scheme" would have collapsed. I think that's what happens to pyramids when you remove the bottom layer of bricks.

@thelaine You may not recall Mikey, but we have interacted before. I have strong opinions. I hate it when people personalize them and it goes into the gutter. I have nothing but respect for you based on your prior posts, many of which I remember well. I am very glad that you and especially your family came through it all in good shape.

@Big Al from Oz BAFO, GM can afford to pay any fine. It is after all, original seed money from the US taxpayers, merely being returned to the Treasury after an extended vacay in the GM coffers. But my concern is, what other problems lurk in GM products that GM knows about today but will not issue recalls for, for another ten years?

mikey, I said if people choose to buy a GM product, knowing all this beforehand, they deserve anything and everything they get. Keep in mind, I was a loyal GM fan (on the Olds side) for decades, until 2008, when I bought my first Japan-built Toyota product, Made a believer out of me. But I am hesitant today about buying ANY vehicle of ANY brand made in America using American suppliers. (I'll have to cross that bridge later this year.) Personally, these days I would rather take a chance on a Toyota product, knowing full well Toyota will do the right thing in case of problems, than buy a GM product, knowing up front what water has already passed underneath that bridge. A man has to be happy with what he decides to buy and if your choice is GM, who am I to disagree with you? I'm not paying for your ride.

@mikey "A man has to be happy with what he decides to buy and if your choice is GM, who am I to disagree with you? I’m not paying for your ride." HDC if you are truly an American you'll drive all available cars in the segment you are shopping in and report your choice here.

@mikey HDC I think your American credentials are pretty well established.

@ HDC and thelaine....Yes, "thelaine" I do remember you and HDC. The word "stupid" just kind of spun me the wrong way this morning. I'm great believer in freedom of choice. Recently, one of my two toy cars had to go. Where I live Camaros, and Mustangs are good for 7 months of the year. It didn't make sense keeping 2 cars garaged all winter. Even people that I'm close to questioned my choice. The fire breathing, loaded 2SS 6 speed Camaro got traded in for a 4cyl Impala. I kept the 08 base model 6cyl auto Mustang convertible. It wasn't a question of cash. I just plain like driving the Mustang better. The Mustang is noisy, rides rough, and the 4 litre V6 is crude, and a little short on power. To be honest the car itself, is kinda girly, and a little bit primitive. I just love it, because it reminds of the cars I grew up with.

@thelaine Fine Mikey, as long as we're being honest, let me confess that one of the cars that has gotten soundly trashed around here, the Chevy SS, is one of my dream cars...big time. I have some friends who drive them as work vehicles and have had the pleasure of thrashing the crap out of a couple of them. To me, they are the cat's meow. Someday... So there is your confession from an inveterate GM basher, my north of the border compadre

@mikey NormSV650, the choices for me later this year are abundantly clear. We'll be trading my wife's 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee for a new SUV, most likely a 2015 Sequoia 4X4. Then, in 2015 or early 2016 I'll be trading my 2011 Tundra 5.7 for another Tundra 5.7, this time a 4X4 with 4 doors. We have to make use of the excellent resale value of both of these vehicles, at this stage of ownership and miles on the clock. Both of these new vehicles will probably be our keepers since my wife and I are both 68 years old and will be driving considerably less than we do now. If for some reason the Tundra will not be available with that magnificent 5.7 32-valve DOHC beast under the hood, my selection will be an F250 with the largest V8 gas motor I can buy.

@thelaine Doesn't sound very American decision in new cars to me. With all the choices available to HDC, I'd wouldn't expect such a narrowly focused list of Toyota's.

@mikey Norm, standing on your own two feet used to be an American value. Still is with some. Sucking from other people's wallets would have been a source of shame. For most, it has lost all stigma. Anyway, Toyota is just as American as GM, or should I say, GM is just as foreign as Toyota. Your suggestion that people at least test drive a GM before making a decision is reasonable, but if you have been burned before, you know this does not help answer the important questions about reliability, dealership experience, and GM corporate attitude toward customers. Many people are perfectly justified in saying "no thanks." It has nothing to do with being less of an American. The suggestion is quaint. I wish people were asking it during the bailout.