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GM recalling Chevrolet Sonics to check brake pads

GM recalling nearly 4,300 Chevrolet Sonics to check for possible missing brake pad

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DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Co. said on Friday that it is recalling more than 4,000 of its 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars to check for missing brake pads.

The possibility that some Sonics could be missing an inner or outer brake pad was discovered during warranty service for a rental vehicle customer. GM said the problem "is expected to exist in very few cars," and there are no known crashes or injuries related to the issue. A missing pad could require longer stopping distance, and contribute to a crash.

The recall involves 4,296 of GM's 2012 Sonics sold in the U.S. The affected models are from the Orion Township, Mich., assembly plant, where the Sonic is built for sale in the U.S. and Canada.

Dealers will inspect the front brakes for missing inner or outer pads and, if a pad is missing, install new pads. If needed, a new brake caliper or brake rotor, or both, will also be installed. Affected customers will receive dealer letters beginning Jan. 14.

 

88 comments

  • Ice  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  5 months ago
    One would think that the scraping noise would alert you.
    • marty 4 months ago
      Hard to tell cause I'm deaf why wait til the 14? I'm taking my Sonic in tmw.
  • Howard  •  Wilton, Connecticut  •  5 months ago
    Brake pads completely missing? Does not say much for GM quality control.
    • LtCol Mojo 5 months ago
      Quality control is only as goos as the workers---in this case UNION workers who failed to put the brake pads in.
    • flythunderbird 4 months ago
      If the calipers came from the supplier with the pads already installed, it's hard to blame the guys on the assembly line for leaving them out. That being said, if the calipers came that way, someone on the line should have caught it.
    • t s 4 months ago
      #Pot #Smoking & #Beer DRINKING on LUNCH makes ya #FORGET ? #Teaparty
  • william  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  5 months ago
    This is almost as funny as the recall several years ago where wheels could fall off because no one put on the lug nuts.
  • Lon Rocke  •  Chico, California  •  5 months ago
    OH GOD! For a minute I thought they were closing Sonic Burger!
  • Daemonicus  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  5 months ago
    Sonic the Hedgehog works in Detrot.
  • *  •  4 months ago
    not to late to buy a scooter to get around with on short trips!
    • ctbobster 4 months ago
      Unfortunately, I think that's the long term idea.
  • Too Old  •  4 months ago
    Inventory control doesn't track the parts used to build a car? One car equals two sets of rear brake pads???
    Or an under-paid employee stole one?
    • A Ashtar 4 months ago
      Just because they were issued to the car, doesn't mean they were installed. Check the scrap bucket.
  • idiot  •  4 months ago
    I though Chevy dumped many crappy no sale brads such as pontiac to shore up other brands now they just bring out a new crap brand and forget the brakes nice start GM stock cut in half since IPO.
    • John 4 months ago
      Chevy is a brand, not the company and Sonic is a model, not a brand...
    • idiot 4 months ago
      so sonic is part of Chevy and Chevy is part of GM you got the point sonic still crap and GM still doing poorlyu after the bale out
  • A Yahoo! User  •  Romeoville, Illinois  •  4 months ago
    Exactly the quality control problems that the Japanese line workers supposedly taught us back in the 80's. Looks like American mgmt. still has not given American workers the power to shut the line down.
    This is scarey and not very good for GM's image.
  • Cult O'Personality  •  4 months ago
    Obama-Mobiles Recalled
    .
    Government Motors announced that it's infamous Chevy Volt will be recalled and the car, commonly known as the Obama-Mobile, will be renamed the "CHEVY TORCH."
    .
    The "Torch" will have its weak and defective structure strengthened to protect the inherently unsafe batteries from the massive fires that completely consumed cars the NHTSA tested for routine crash testing.
    .
    GM also will provide fire retardant suits for children seated in the back seats, which are located just above the fire prone battery packs......
  • Mary  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  4 months ago
    MISSING brake pads? MISSING?????
  • two times ten  •  Troy, Michigan  •  4 months ago
    you people complain about everything. just drive uphill and your car will eventually slow down and stop. it's the law of gravity. no wonder toyota and honda are kicking our a_ses.
  • Jimmie  •  4 months ago
    "...check for missing brake pads"?
    And the next taxpayer bailout is how many missing brake pads away?
  • S E  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  5 months ago
    Fred Flintstone never need brakes why do we? GM quality is amazing! Maybe brakes are an option on GM cars.
  • EnuffWithTheKlown  •  Fair Oaks, California  •  4 months ago
    CD, PW,PDLocks, Brake-Pads, Cruise, PMirrors are Optional.
  • Lars  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  4 months ago
    Another gubmint motors POS! Go out and buy a volt I hear odumbo wants to see 1/2 a million on the road in the next 5 years. What a joke!
  • aktrader2  •  5 months ago
    Why not have the dealers that sold them contact the customers by phone?
    Why wait two weeks more to start sending notification letters?
  • Scott  •  4 months ago
    What other parts are missing or defective in Government Motors Cars?
  • Matt  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  5 months ago
    Next up for GM, missing engines and transmissions.
  • John  •  Atlantic City, New Jersey  •  4 months ago
    BUY AMERICAN
 
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