GM co-op student report leads to safety recall

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Source: Detroit News

Melissa Burden, The Detroit News 12 a.m. EST November 18, 2014

General Motors Co. co-op student Nick Sulimirski knew the stalling of his father's Cadillac at highway speeds was a safety risk. When GM instituted its Speak Up for Safety program, he reported it.

His complaint about the 2004 Cadillac CTS-V — which already had been repaired — led to the recall of more than 10,000 older Cadillacs in September. It was the first callback to stem from the program launched in April to encourage employees to report potential safety defects.

Sulimirski, 21, said his dad's CTS-V wasn't running correctly, had poor fuel economy and smelled strongly of gasoline. He and his father found the fuel pump module's electrical connector had melted. That caused fuel to be pumped onto the top of the gas tank instead of into the fuel line.
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That was in 2013. But this past summer, while Sulimirski was working at GM Powertrain in Pontiac, he learned about Speak up for Safety and filled out a form on GM's internal website. He said he was "incredibly surprised" by GM's immediate response.
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[cstanleytech]

1. I'm surprised that Ford hasnt done a recall on the 2012 Focus as my brother has one and it

randomly and very suddenly act like its not getting gas and you will lose speed and then when your stopped at a light and try to give it gas to accelerate it behaves like its not getting very little gas and hesitates.