GM recalls Cadillac SRX to fix faulty suspension
General Motors recalled more than 100,000 Cadillac SRX crossovers in China -- the automaker's largest market -- over a faulty rear suspension component that could pose a safety risk.
Shanghai GM, one of the company's joint ventures in China, will call back and fix 107,016 of the vehicles that were made from July 2009 to last month because of loose toe adjusters, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on its website.
"A loose toe adjuster link can cause the vehicle to sway or wander at highway speed, activate the vehicle's electronic stability-control system, and cause excessive wear to the threads in the link," GM said.
"Additionally, the rear suspension may make loud metallic noises, particularly when the vehicle is traveling over bumps or potholes. If the threads in the link become worn, the link may separate."
The automaker's recall is part of an action started in the United States, where 289,566 vehicles were involved and a stop-sale notice was issued for unsold stock, GM spokeswoman Dayna Hart said.
GM has flagged more than 29 million vehicles in North America this year for various fixes and faces a Justice Department investigation, after a February recall of small cars for a fatally flawed ignition switch.
The company was aware of three crashes and two injuries related to the condition, Hart said, adding that she didn't know where the incidents took place.
The number of vehicles recalled is equivalent to double the Cadillacs that GM sold in China last year. The company projects Cadillac sales to climb to 70,000 units this year and 100,000 units the following year. It forecasts that one in 10 vehicles sold annually in China will be luxury models by the end of the decade.
In June, GM and its joint venture recalled 194,107 Buick Excelle GT vehicles after China's quality regulator found that the high beam could not be turned off under extreme circumstances.
"A loose toe adjuster link can cause the vehicle to sway or wander at highway speed, activate the vehicle's electronic stability-control system, and cause excessive wear to the threads in the link," GM said.
"Additionally, the rear suspension may make loud metallic noises, particularly when the vehicle is traveling over bumps or potholes. If the threads in the link become worn, the link may separate."
The automaker's recall is part of an action started in the United States, where 289,566 vehicles were involved and a stop-sale notice was issued for unsold stock, GM spokeswoman Dayna Hart said.
GM has flagged more than 29 million vehicles in North America this year for various fixes and faces a Justice Department investigation, after a February recall of small cars for a fatally flawed ignition switch.
The company was aware of three crashes and two injuries related to the condition, Hart said, adding that she didn't know where the incidents took place.
The number of vehicles recalled is equivalent to double the Cadillacs that GM sold in China last year. The company projects Cadillac sales to climb to 70,000 units this year and 100,000 units the following year. It forecasts that one in 10 vehicles sold annually in China will be luxury models by the end of the decade.
In June, GM and its joint venture recalled 194,107 Buick Excelle GT vehicles after China's quality regulator found that the high beam could not be turned off under extreme circumstances.
