DETROIT, MI (WKZO) -- Following the announcement of a government probe into fires in wrecked Volts, GM is going all-out to reassure Volt owners that there is nothing wrong with their cars.
Earlier this week they offered loaners to any Volt owners who were worried. Now CEO Dan Ackerson has told the Associated Press that he is willing to buy them back if that’s what it takes. So far 16-owners have expressed interest in selling them back to GM. GM Spokesman Greg Martin says none of the cars involved in real world crashes have caught fire, only two involved in government tests, and then only when they were left to sit for a week or three. He says they will handle each buy back request case by case. Ackerson says every time one crashes they plan to dispatch a team to make sure it’s properly discharged and the battery fluids drained.
He says if the Government says they need to be redesigned and retrofitted, they will do that too. Consumers reports is out with its annual vehicle owner satisfaction survey and the oddly enough, the Chevy Volt finished at the top.
Deputy Editor Jeff Bartlett says they were not expecting the new Chevy EV to bolt to the top of the list so quickly. He says the winners are usually the cars that owners are emotionally invested in. There were also two Chevys at the bottom of the list, the Aveo and the Colorado. The Toyota Matrix also got low scores from its owners.
