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driver8rem Rookie Author Virginia Posts:67 Points:481,815 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2012 5:16:02 AM Ignore driver8rem Report Abuse General Motors Co. is recalling certain Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars from the 2012 model year because some of them may be missing a front inner or outer brake pad. In a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car maker said it became aware of the problem last month after a customer brought one of the cars to a dealership for service to correct brake noise. Mechanics found that a brake pad was missing.

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General Motors Co. is recalling certain Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars from the 2012 model year because some of them may be missing a front inner or outer brake pad.

In a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the car maker said it became aware of the problem last month after a customer brought one of the cars to a dealership for service to correct brake noise. Mechanics found that a brake pad was missing.

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rkt wgn Champion Author St. Louis Posts:15,347 Points:2,708,920 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2012 1:57:16 PM Ignore rkt wgn Report Abuse The article stated that the pad fell off in shipping, because of a missing clip in the shipping container.
daver39 Champion Author Toledo Posts:8,319 Points:1,681,125 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 7:27:49 AM Ignore daver39 Report Abuse and they just figured this out?
Penny_Pincher Veteran Author Columbus Posts:435 Points:22,695 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2012 9:53:09 AM Ignore Penny_Pincher Report Abuse The most awesome part of this story is how there were no complaints about the actual braking ability of the cars! Rewind to the Chevette and Citation that had trouble stopping with all 4 wheels, let alone 3 out of 4. LOL!
Penny_Pincher Veteran Author Columbus Posts:435 Points:22,695 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 11:41:21 PM Ignore Penny_Pincher Report Abuse In other news: Honda recalled more than a million vehicles in 2011. Chevy recalled 21,000.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 2, 2012 4:31:11 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Government Motors...
PopcornPirate Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,904 Points:1,169,700 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2012 8:49:46 AM Ignore PopcornPirate Report Abuse ""What happened to the Quality control inspector. "" 20-30 cars.....He took a non break time smoke break.....
Titanic1985 Champion Author South Carolina Posts:6,246 Points:357,120 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2012 5:11:57 PM Ignore Titanic1985 Report Abuse Hello driverBrem. I as the other GBs found this a bit hard to comprehend, so I found a site that void of response language not fit to print. I ran into a few items which just add to one's disbelief. First, GM will repair the 20-30 vehicles affected out of a total of 4,296 without charge. You mean to say that charging the customer was even considered!! The seoond item hit me that the workers assembling the brake assemblies (they come as a preassembled unit) are paid from $15.78 (entry level) to $28.00 an hour. It seems that regardless of salaries and benefits, this is not enough to about care what you are doing? I was brought up by parents who told me to care about EVERYTHING I did and to do my best. Without further comment, here is the article: Sonic Brake Recall
smarte1 Champion Author Illinois Posts:2,699 Points:518,760 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2012 1:09:49 PM Ignore smarte1 Report Abuse What happened to the Quality controll inspector.
RAB2010 All-Star Author Kalamazoo Posts:506 Points:66,210 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2012 10:35:18 AM Ignore RAB2010 Report Abuse Unbelievable. Stupid, dumb, crazy. I suppose they may have noticed if the fuel tank was missing. Maybe.
PopcornPirate Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,904 Points:1,169,700 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2012 10:34:29 AM Ignore PopcornPirate Report Abuse Like no one noticed this when they drove it off the line to be loaded onto a car carrier????