AnswerID: 96327 Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 02, 2005 at 20:19
Moz
replied:
Paul,
Depends on the type of problem.
The problem concerned a linkage in the steering column,
which if a failure occurred would lead to complete loss of steering!
Pretty serious problem!
Which rightly needs to be the subject of a safety recall.
I have seen two vehicles that needed attention for the recall but all
the others (about 20 or 30) were fine.
I would guess there may have been only 1 or 2 vehicles nationwide
that had a complete failure which instigated the recall.
I remember about 10 years ago when thousands of Commodores were
recalled to modify the transmission breather because 2 separate cars caught fire
when their trans overheated and poured oil onto the exhaust and ignited.
Pretty serious problem!!
However you are right when you say the dealerships don't know much around
the problem. They are given the specifics of the service item and what parameters
to check. No whys or wherefores given.
Recalls are very specific and are usually straight-forward to check.
Cheers Moz
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