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  2. Feds Investigating 877K GM SUVs & Trucks Over Reported V-8 ...

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    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating reports of alleged engine failures in GM's 6.2-liter L87 V-8, an engine used in a wide variety of trucks and SUVs.

  3. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    With modern drive by wire fuel controls, problems are believed to occur exclusively while the vehicle is under way. General Motors cars of the 1950s with automatic transmissions have the R for reverse at the furthest clockwise position in the rotation of the column-mounted shift lever. L for low position is just adjacent as the lever moves one ...

  4. List of automobiles known for negative reception - Wikipedia

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    The North American Renault Fuego sports coupe has earned negative retroactive recognition, mainly for its numerous major reliability problems. Car and Driver retroactively described the Fuego as being "shaped like a walrus with gas.” [91] Hemmings Motor News wrote of how "The Fuego soon developed a reputation for unreliable electronics and ...

  5. General Motors ignition switch recalls - Wikipedia

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    On March 31, GM announced it was going to recall over 1.5 million more cars of six different models, due to faulty power steering. Of these, over 1.3 million were in the United States, and three of the models were also involved in the faulty ignition recall. The total number of cars recalled during 2014 as of 1 April was 6.26 million. [6]

  6. Electric vehicles are not reliable — yet: Consumer Reports

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    Looking at EVs from other manufacturers, owners reported charging problems, battery issues, and electric motor problems from those cars. Of the 11 EV models that Consumer Reports has data on, only ...

  7. Breakdown (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    A vehicle breakdown is a mechanical or electrical failure of a motor vehicle that renders the vehicle inoperable or causes further operation of the vehicle to be unsafe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Vehicle breakdowns have various causes.

  8. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American ...

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    This problem, according to Nader, was well known to persons in the industry, but little was done to correct it. Ralph Nader in 1975. Nader also offered advice about the gear shift quadrants on earlier cars fitted with automatic transmissions. Several examples are given of people being run over, or cars becoming runaways because drivers were not ...

  9. Cold start (automotive) - Wikipedia

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    A cold start can be difficult for an engine due to higher viscosity of oil and fuel in cold temperatures. Generally speaking, diesel engines have more difficulty starting at low outside temperatures than gasoline engines, and electric engines have the most problems. Diesel engines do not use spark plugs to ignite the air fuel mixture and rely ...

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