Roanoke Slant, 1-28-10, Owners inundate Toyota dealers with questions about sticking gas pedal issues.
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The Toyota sticking gas pedal issue resulted in super quick reaction by Obama (GM’s Virtual CEO) and his team telling Toyota to initiate a recall because of the problem.
Toyota, in typical responsible style, had gone well beyond that and already issued a recall and a stop-ship so that new vehicles get the fix and by also going public for wide customer awareness.
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This is Amazing! My GM Oldsmobile had the same problem several years ago!
Oldsmobile told me that yes, there’s a sticky gas pedal problem due to some form of build-up in the module that converts gas pedal position to electrical signals that go to the computer that in turn go to the fuel injectors (sound familiar?)!
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Did GM do a recall or stop-ship? NO!
Did GM cover the labor and material for a faulty component? NO!
Did GM initiate a stop-ship of all cars with that type component? NO!
Did GM make a public statement for customer awareness? NO!
Apparently the only notification was to dealers in an “internal” service bulletin.
They charged me $150 for the replacement part with no indication that it was a redesigned model or that the root problem was fixed; just a replacement at my expense.
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Several months ago the Obama GM CEO team issued a big public notice about Toyota floor mats causing major accidents. What wasn't said was that the problem was really caused by people putting a second set of their own mats on-top-of the factory mats. These extra mats were not secured to the floor as are the Toyota mats and in some cases interfered with the gas pedal. Apparently what we had there was a failure to communicate the complete story.
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So, here we have GM CEO Obama and company with the power to disparage and direct non-GM companies to take major disruptive actions, which GM didn’t take, giving GM a major market and financial advantage over a competitor who happens to hire non-UAW labor.
Does anyone see a conflict of interest in this or does it simply look like business as usual the Chicago way?
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Just more hope and change we can believe in! Yes we can!
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Other news views:
WSJ 4-28-09 Control of GM Would Create Conflicts for Government
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124087977542061821.html
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/120842/disapprove-majority-government-ownership.aspx
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/11/uaw-ford-worker-reject-contract.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/08/uaw-for-clunkers-program.html
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