Corvettes Recalled for Roofs
Flying Off
 Do
you own a 2005 Corvette or a 2006 Corvette? Would you like
a new one or your money back?
‘Vette owners are a loyal bunch, but GM is recalling
more than 30,000 of them because a detachable roof design
detaches when it isn’t supposed to. Reportedly, owners’ reports
of the defect have been circulating for several months and
GM has now admitted the problem is real.
The recall applies only to 2005 and 2006 vehicles with roofs
that are designed to be detachable by releasing latches.
The unintentional separation occurs when adhesive that holds
the base of the roof to the car frame weakens and fails,
the federal safety investigators at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration said.
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you own one of these potential lemon Chevrolet Corvette vehicles,
you may be entitled to your money back or a new vehicle.
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Indications of potential problem roofs include water leaks
or a snapping noise when going over a bump, GM is reported
to have said. GM admitted that it received nearly 400 reports
of roof “partial separation” in addition to nearly
two dozen of the roof flying off.
Other defects in these vehicles may also exist. To find
out about this and other recalls, click
here.
“It's a good thing that GM is doing this recall finally,
because no roof is worse than a weak roof,'” said Joan
Claybrook, president of the Washington-based consumer group
Public Citizen. “The roof endangers other highway users
as it flies off.”
The Corvette roof weighs less than 10 pounds and is made
of plastic that is molded into a magnesium frame. Apparently
it flies well when airborne, too, making it dangerous to
other drivers on the highway, with no warning to other nearby
cars. In a considerable understatement, a GM representative
told the Detroit Free Press “You do not want to hit
a 10-pound object at 70 miles per hour.”
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it alone!
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