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Chevy To Fix Every Volt Vehicle To Prevent Battery Fires
By Chris Morran on January 5, 2012 2:40 PM
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Late last year it was revealed that the Dept. of Transportation was looking into possible problems with the batteries in electric vehicles after a Chevy Volt caught fire following a crash test. Now it looks like General Motors will spend the next few months upgrading the battery containment and coolant systems in every Volt currently on the road. More »
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GM Introduces First Front-Center Air Bag
By Chris Morran on September 29, 2011 3:30 PM
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In an effort to protect folks in the front seat during side impact crashes, General Motors announced earlier today that it plans to introduce the industry's first front-center air bag in three of its vehicles starting with model year 2013. More »
GM Recalls 16,000 2012 Chevy Impala & Buick LaCrosse Vehicles
By Chris Morran on August 12, 2011 3:30 PM
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It isn't even 2012 yet but General Motors is already recalling nearly 12,000 model year 2012 Chevrolet Impalas and more than 4,000 new Buick Lacrosse cars, each for different reasons. More »
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GM Recalls 170,000 2011 Cars, Trucks & Vans
By Paul Eng on May 5, 2011 12:45 PM
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General Motors announced three recalls affecting several 2011 model year vehicles, including its popular Chevrolet Cruze sedan—recently recalled for steering wheel concerns. More »
NHTSA Looking Into 865,000 GM SUVs Over Screwy Fuel Gauges
By Chris Morran on April 29, 2011 2:15 PM
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Given the price of gas these days, it really helps to have an accurate fuel gauge on your vehicle. It certainly doesn't help to have a gauge that gives inaccurate or completely random readings. But enough GM drivers have complained to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about this problem for the agency to open an investigation. More »
GM Kills Mr. Goodwrench In The Garage With A Lead Pipe
By Chris Morran on November 9, 2010 3:20 PM
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As the latest step in its post-bailout image overhaul, General Motors announced yesterday that the car maker will be phasing out its GM Goodwrench auto service in favor of brand-specific "Certified Service" centers. More »
GM Recalls 322,000 Chevy Impalas Over Seat Belt Screw-Up
By Chris Morran on October 15, 2010 1:08 PM
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Before you go crashing your Chevy Impala into something, you should know that the seat belts might not hold up to the impact; GM announced earlier today that it is recalling 322,409 2009-2010 Impalas because some front seat belt webbings may not have been properly secured to the lap belt anchor pretensioner mounted to the side of the seat nearest the door. More »
GM Voids Warranty On Used Truck, Blames It On Chip Owner Didn't Know Was Installed
By Chris Walters on August 24, 2010 11:30 AM
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Ken is facing a $13,000 repair bill on his 2007 Chevy 2500 diesel truck, because the full factory warranty the dealership assured him it had was voided by GM. The reason: GM says at some point in the past, someone put a chip in the truck that doesn't match the info GM has, so they don't have to service it. The problem for Ken is that the dealership didn't check for this chip before it sold the truck to Ken, and Ken didn't know about this loophole when he bought it. In fact, he says he bought it about a year and a half before GM implemented this rule. More »
Is $41,000 Too Much For A Chevy Volt?
By Chris Morran on July 27, 2010 4:00 PM
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After months of speculation about what price General Motors would slap on its first electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt, we finally have an answer, and it's an expensive one. The Chevy — oops, we mean Chevrolet — vehicle will debut with a price tag of $41,000. More »
What's Creepier, New Chevy Volt Ads, Or John Carpenter's Christine?
By Ben Popken on July 14, 2010 3:00 PM
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At first I thought it was a horror movie trailer coming out of the dashboard radio. There is a wall of droning sound, then an intense voice overlays with, "Listen. Hear that? That's the sound of the status quo crumbling." I wondered what new machete-wielding maniac would be gracing the theaters this summer, until I realized that his name was Chevy Volt. What? That's your electric car ad? Why does it sound so much like the trailer for the 1983 cult classic Christine in which an otherworldly-possessed car goes on a murderous rampage? More »
GM To Employees: It's 'Chevrolet,' Not 'Chevy'
By Chris Morran on June 10, 2010 4:40 PM
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Apparently, when General Motors isn't busy destroying documents, they're apparently not taking the time to improve their vehicles. Instead, they're fretting over whether people refer to their most popular brand as "Chevrolet" or "Chevy." More »
Consumer Reports Picks Top Cars In 10 Categories
By Chris Morran on March 22, 2010 10:05 AM
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In the April issue of Consumer Reports, they announce their top picks for vehicles in 10 separate categories, from Family Sedan to Green Car to Pickup Truck to Best Car Overall. This year, that title belongs to the Lexus LS 460L. More »
GM To Recall Chevy Cobalts, Various Pontiacs Due To Steering Problems
By Meg Marco on March 2, 2010 1:53 AM
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GM has announced that it is recalling 1.2 million vehicles to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury. More »
Consumer Reports Gets Patriotic, Names Best American Cars For 2010
By Chris Morran on February 26, 2010 1:27 PM
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While the Congress frets about the millions of Toyotas on the road that probably shouldn't be, our grease-monkey brothers at Consumer Reports were busy getting domestic. They just released the list of their Top Picks for vehicles put out by American car companies. More »
Chevy Resurrects John Mellencamp "Our Country" Ads For Olympics
By Chris Morran on February 16, 2010 6:43 PM
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If you've been having flashbacks to the fall of 2007 while watching the Olympics on NBC this week, you might want to blame Chevy, who decided to dust off their love-it-or-hate-it "Our Country" ad campaign for the winter games in Vancouver. More »
GM Reveals Secret Project It Developed With Bailout Money
promotion song-and-dance-spectacular performed earlier this month at the LA Auto Show. More »
By Chris Walters on December 17, 2009 10:23 AM
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Finally, the truth is revealed: this is clearly where the bailout money went. Below, watch a Chevy Volt
Buying A 2010 Chevy Camaro? Take This 68-Point Checklist With You
By Chris Walters on July 21, 2009 4:29 PM
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—>Some Camaro fans at Camaro5 have put together a list of owner-submitted things to watch out for with the new Camaro. Although they point out that not every other Camaro that rolls off the line is a bucket of fail—this isn't the Xbox 360, after all—there do seem to be enough first year production issues that you should inspect the vehicle very carefully before leaving the dealership. More »
Sorry, GM's Lots Are Too Full To Take Your Lease Back
By Laura Northrup on April 29, 2009 6:06 PM
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—>Nearing the end of his lease on a Chevy Equinox, Tom wanted to turn the vehicle in before he used up his allotted miles, and drop it from his insurance as soon as he could. The dealership he leased it from, their lot clogged with cars and trucks that nobody particularly wants to buy, wasn't really keen to take it back. So Tom got creative. More »
Vincent To Get Car He Wants
By Ben Popken on March 4, 2009 3:25 PM
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—>Yesterday we brought you the story of Vincent who got "gold misted" at a Chevy dealership. After his story went up he learned that his brother-in-law's cousin works at a Chevy dealership and will get him the car he wanted. "Life is good :-)" announced Vincent. More »
New Pick-Up Truck Crash Test Videos! "Full-sized pickup trucks are marketed as tough machines, though new tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that crash-test protection varies widely. The latest IIHS test data reveal side-impact protection is Marginal or Poor for the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Dodge Ram 1500, GMC Sierra 1500, and Nissan Titan." [Consumer Reports] [Videos] More »
