2014 Has Not Been A Good Year At GM

   In fact, the auto maker that topped the world for years in production and sales has hit another milestone, but one they didn't want. So far this year, GM has issued recall notices worldwide for 13.8 million cars due to various problems. Putting that into perspective, it's 5 times the number of vehicles they've sold in the last 5 years. All the recalls are due to safety issues, and GM says the flurry of recalls may last into this summer.
   In fairness to GM, I've owned several of their vehicles and never had any major problems with any of them. In fact, I believe the most costly repair I had to make was to my '66 Pontiac, which needed a 10 cent rubber gasket for the throttle linkage.
   GM isn't the only automaker with recall issues. Toyota, Honda and even Ferrari have had recall issues.
   And at least people are getting notified about possible problems with their vehicles. 50, 40 and even 30 years ago a lot of problems were either let slide at best, or swept under the carpet at worst. And I also feel a lot safer in one of today's vehicles than just about anything from years gone by.

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