Chevrolet Cruze owners beware – you car has steering problems

Chevrolet Cruze Recalled by GM

Chevrolet Cruze owners and drivers will need to have their vehicles checked by GM mechanics as the U.S. automaker revealed Wednesday that the model may have steering shaft problems.

GM announced that it is recalling 154,112 units of their top-selling Chevrolet Cruze which were manufactured at their Lordstown, Ohio facility from last summer up until April 21.

The compact cars were sold in the North American market since September 2010. About 120,000 units will also have to be inspected for any issues with the automatic transmission.

GM was quick to add that they expect to find only a few Chevrolet Cruze cars to have the problem and that no accidents or injuries have resulted from the steering issues. The Detroit, Michigan-based automaker said it first learned about the problem when a driver lost control in a parking lot.

Just last month, about 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles were recalled due to a faulty fastened steering wheel. Also being recalled Wednesday due to windshield wiper issues are a few thousand units of the 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks.

GM said it has submitted a filing with U.S. federal safety regulators and it will mail customers informing them of the recall. The Chevrolet Cruze cars' inspection will take about one hour. Mechanics will have to realign the steering shaft properly, GM said.

The tools and procedures at the Lordstown plant will be inspected. GM Vice President of Global Quality Terry Woychowski said in a statement that GM is committed to implementing quality process improvements at the plant to prevent similar problems affecting the Chevrolet Cruze.

Posted by Sophia Andrews on Thursday May 05 2011, 4:53 AM EST. Ref: Reuters. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, Travel. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0