Paul Downes
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- Westphalia, Michigan
Just before I retired from G.M. I worked test driving their vehicles. Drove the SUV's manufactured in my home town, Lansing, Michigan. I brought a safety issue to their attention involving the wipers, which involved them icing up and losing significant vision through the windshield. I went so far as to personally hunt down the engineer who was in charge of that part of the vehicles involved and also talked to the assistant plant manager. Both told me I didn't know what I was talking about and that the wipers had been "tested extensively" in the lab. I did tell them that the "lab" was not real world and that the purpose of the test drive program was to find issues that didn't show up in the lab.
I see in the news today that the Feds have cracked down on this issue and that G.M. is recalling 50,000 vehicles to fix a freezing issue with the wipers in Northern states. Sure would have saved them the grief if they had listened right at the beginning of the program.
I see in the news today that the Feds have cracked down on this issue and that G.M. is recalling 50,000 vehicles to fix a freezing issue with the wipers in Northern states. Sure would have saved them the grief if they had listened right at the beginning of the program.