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General Motors Co. (GM) will attract 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North America due to power steering.

Leading automotive companies of the United States (U.S.), the Monday, March 1, 2010, said, GM will replace a motor in the power steering system of small car Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac models three after receiving more than 1,100 complaints from consumers.

In a written statement, GM said that the defect was caused 14 traffic accidents and one person was injured. GM has told Jalan Safety Board United States (NHTSA) about the mass withdrawal yesterday.

As quoted from the page of the Washington Post newspaper, a vehicle that will be drawn is that the output 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5 (2007-2010), Pontiac Pursuit (2005 - 2006) which is the Canadian version for the G5, and the Pontiac G4 (2004 -- 2005), Mexico for the G5 version.

According to GM, the withdrawal plan has reached finalization and consumers will soon be told. GM itself has investigated steering problems since last year.

"After thoroughly investigating, we found that this is a condition that requires time to repair. The problem is likely to occur in older model cars that are no longer warranty," said Jamie Hresko, GM vice president for quality control division.
"Interesting this vehicle is the right step for consumers." He added that efforts need greater efforts to drive the speed under 15 meters per hour (about 24 miles per hour), but the vehicles are safe to drive because consumers can still drive a vehicle.

This GM mass withdrawals following the global withdrawal of more than 8 million vehicles by Toyota Motor Corp. for a number of issues, including problems akselarsi, which triggered an investigation by the U.S. Congress. Withdrawal by Toyota also makes NHTSA investigated by the Inspector-General of the U.S. transportation-related assessments to monitor disability NHTSA vehicle.