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Recall Alert: GM Cites Potential Fire Hazard in 1.5 Million Sedans

By Richard ReadRichard Read, April 14th, 2009

At fault is a leak that could allow oil to drip onto the exhaust manifold during braking. If that happens, some of the oil could combust and set fire to the plastic spark plug wiring. To put it in technical terms, that is not a good thing.

Getting news from GM seems impossible at this point--the company's online Owners Center has crashed (no pun intended)--but we know that the recall involves these...

Clearly, this is not GM's week. Yesterday, everyone was talking about the company's nearly inevitable "surgical bankruptcy". Today, everyone's talking about a mechanical problem that could start engine fires in about 1.5 million GM sedans. At fault is a leak that could allow oil to drip onto the exhaust manifold during braking. If that happens, some of the oil could combust and set fire to the plastic spark plug wiring. To put it in technical terms, that is not a good thing. Getting news from GM seems impossible at this point--the company's online Owners Center has crashed (no pun intended)--but we know that the recall involves these... Read More

Tags: Safety, Recall, Recalls, GM

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Six Ways to Cut Gas Prices Forever

By Marty PadgettMarty Padgett, June 18th, 2008

Cheap gas has never been guaranteed. Nevertheless, we Americans have tended to treat it--like so many things--as a right, not a privilege. And this entire political season is threatening to be overwhelmed entirely by the idea that we have the right to $3 or $2 a gallon of gas without making a single sacrifice. Even our fantastically flexible economy is struggling with today's gas prices. The momentary inconvenience of paying more and driving less is only a symptom. The root cause is that we're beholden to a generation of lunatic-fringe fundamentalists who see a big recession as sort of an hors d'oeuvre before they commit the next terror... Cheap gas has never been guaranteed. Nevertheless, we Americans have tended to treat it--like so many things--as a right, not a privilege. And this entire political season is threatening to be overwhelmed entirely by the idea that we have the right to $3 or $2 a gallon of gas without making a single sacrifice. Even our fantastically flexible economy is struggling with today's gas prices. The momentary inconvenience of paying more and driving less is only a symptom. The root cause is that we're beholden to a generation of lunatic-fringe fundamentalists who see a big recession as sort of an hors d'oeuvre before they commit the next terror... Read More

Tags: Driving, Politics

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