General Motors has halted the sale of most Chevrolet Cruzes now on US dealer forecourts.
According to a cnn.com report, the Cruze is GM’s best selling car model in the United States, and is also widely distributed internationally.
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Spokesman Alan Adler confirmed to CNN GM had ordered a halt to sales of models with the 1.4-litre turbo engine, the most popular version of the compact car. Adler did not know the reason for the halt, and added there hadn’t been a recall of cars already sold.
The Cruze is one of GM’s best selling models worldwide, with more than 2m sold globally since it went on sale in 2009. GM sold 248,000 in the United States last year. Adler told CNN the stop sales order is only for US dealerships.
GM had about a 70 day-inventory of Cruzes at the end of February. That’s about 7 7,000 cars nationwide, CNN said.
Adler told the cable news channel stop orders are not uncommon and can be for something as minor as a flaw in the window sticker, or as major as a problem that leads to a recall. But not all stop orders lead to recalls.
CNN noted that, also on Friday, GM recalled just under 700 of the ELR, Cadillac’s new plug-in hybrid variant of the Chevy Volt. Only 55 of the cars have been sold to customers, Adler said, while the rest are at dealers.
The recalled ELR’s have a calibration problem with their electronic stability control. Adler told cnn.com the fix was a 20 minute software update.
