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Lplate Posts: 4737 Incept: 2008-08-06 Australia	Quote: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/.... Sunday Aug 19, 2012 General Motors and Isuzu are recalling more than 258,000 SUVs in the US and Canada to fix short-circuits in power window and door lock switches that can cause fires. The recall covers Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Isuzu Ascender and Saab 97-X SUVs from the 2006 and 2007 model years. The SUVs were sold or registered in 20 US states, Washington, D.C., and Canada, where salt and other chemicals are used to clear roads in the winter. GM has reports of 28 fires, and it doesn't know of any injuries caused by the problem. Fluid containing the road-clearing chemicals can get inside the driver's door and cause corrosion in the power-window and door-switch circuit boards, according to documents posted on the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. The corrosion can cause short-circuits, knocking out the switches and causing fires. Dealers will replace the power-window switch for free, according to documents posted Saturday by NHTSA. Owners will get letters telling them when to schedule appointments. GM also will make repairs at no cost to owners living in states not covered by the recall, spokesman Alan Adler said in an email... 2012-08-19 07:33:09 Permalink
Peterm99 Posts: 4993 Incept: 2009-03-21 SoCal	A good reason to add Isuzu to the "do not buy" lists? Quote: Fluid containing the road-clearing chemicals can get inside the driver's door and cause corrosion in the power-window and door-switch circuit boards . . . will replace the power-window switch for free . . . This sounds like typical "fix the symptoms, not the underlying problems" thinking. Since this is only for the driver's door, it does not sound as if the problem is with the switching circuitry, e.g., not properly conformally coated, etc., which would probably be similar for the circuitry in the other doors. The real problem sounds like poor design/assembly/whatever of the door/window/gaskets/panels/whatever which allows the entry of corrosive material. Keeping such material out is apparently less of a problem for other manufacturers. IMO, this is tantamount to an admission that the door itself is likely to rust out much earlier than what one would normally expect, although an eventual free door replacement is not mentioned. ---------- ". . . the Constitution has died, the economy welters in irreversible decline, we have perpetual war, all power lies in the hands of the executive, the police are supreme, and a surveillance beyond Orwell’s imaginings falls into place." - Fred Reed 2012-08-19 13:09:20 Permalink
Genesis Posts: 130779 Incept: 2007-06-26	Yep. ---------- I don't care* if it makes sense -- only if it makes money. -- Me* Bank (n): See scam, fraud and theft. *Eat a bankster -- they're low-carb.* *What part of "shall not be infringed" was unclear?* 2012-08-19 13:12:07 Permalink