MCAA: GM Faces 7th Recall in the Span of Nine Days

GM has done it again, it seems they can’t catch a break. Earlier this week General Motors Co. recalled back 7,600 police vehicles that could have rolled away while the car was in park, did we mention is their 7th recall in the past 2 weeks? The infamous automaker said they are calling back the 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicles simply because they fail to comply with federal interlock rules. Apparently, the vehicles are equipped with a specific transmission selector that holds two pins that could be displaced.
"When one or more of these pins are displaced, the driver may be able to shift the transmission out of park without depressing the brake pedal, shift without pressing the shift lever detent lock button, and remove the ignition key from the key cylinder when the vehicle's transmission is not in park. Additionally, pin displacement could make it more difficult to select a different gear and could cause the vehicle's."

Back in March of this year GM’s Technical Assistance Center received a report that stated that an empty and idling 2012 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle unintentionally shifted out of park into reverse and collided with another vehicle, it safe to say there were no injuries. Later on in May, GM referred the incident to its Australian unit GM Holden Ltd., which is the vehicles designers and manufacturer, for further investigation. GM dealers will replace the shift lever roll pin, replace the base pivot pin, and attach a retention enhancement clip.

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