{"id":298,"date":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/gm-suvs-recalled-due-to-power-gate-issue\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:18","slug":"gm-suvs-recalled-due-to-power-gate-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/gm-suvs-recalled-due-to-power-gate-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"GM SUVs recalled due to power gate issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a SUV with an automatic lift gate is a tremendous luxury. Being able to open the back door with just a push of a button is a welcome convenience when you have your hands full. But while we have written in a number of our posts that the recalls will keep coming for automobiles, the latest recall from General Motors is a testament to that foresight.<\/p>\n<p>GM recently announced that it would be recalling more than 700,000 SUVs with power lift gates, citing problems that can lead to the gates falling unexpectedly. According to a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/gm-recalling-780k-suvs-fix-power-lift-gate-32352458\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News.com report<\/a>, the company indicated that it reported 56 injuries due to this defect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The problem is ostensibly based on dirt that can get into the gas struts that hold up the rear gates. This could cause the struts to wear down and eventually fail. Apparently there is software that could detect these problems that is prevented from doing so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/gm-suvs-recalled-due-to-power-gate-issue\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading GM SUVs recalled due to power gate issue\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a SUV with an automatic lift gate is a tremendous luxury. Being able to open the back door with just a push of a button is a welcome convenience when you have your hands full. But while we have written in a number of our posts that the recalls will keep coming for automobiles, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defective-products","tag-defective-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GM SUVs recalled due to power gate issue &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; July 13, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GM SUVs recalled due to power gate issue - Defective Products - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/gm-suvs-recalled-due-to-power-gate-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"GM SUVs recalled due to power gate issue &#8212; 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