GM Stops Camaro ZL1 Shipments Over Quality Issue

[webby]

GM has issued a message to dealerships that Camaro ZL1 shipments will be held for an undisclosed amount of time over quality concern.

(no word on what the actual problem is yet)

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Ref. number:
Sales / New Vehicles / G_0000109294

Subject:
Update on 2012 Camaro ZL1 Shipments and DOSP

The purpose of this note is to provide you with an update on 2012 Camaro ZL1 production and vehicle shipment plans.

All Camaro ZL1 models produced to date are currently being held by General Motors for a quality assessment. At this moment, the duration of the hold is undetermined, and may last a few more weeks. As soon as the hold is cleared, a note will be sent to all dealers to advise that 2012 Camaro ZL1 shipments are underway.

Because of the hold, the upcoming Dealer Order Submission Process (DOSP) cycle that was to be dedicated to ZL1 is being postponed. This DOSP cycle was scheduled to start this Thursday, March 1, 2012, and continues through Tuesday, March 6, 2012. A new date for this DOSP cycle will be provided in the near future.

We regret to have to undertake these actions, especially given the high anticipation for the new Camaro ZL1. We ask for your patience and will continue to keep you posted on any developments regarding production and vehicle shipments from Oshawa.

Sincerely,


Russell M. Clark
Director – Chevrolet Small Cars, Small Utilities and
Performance Cars Marketing

 

[Nomar06]

 

[dentrecords]

I'm surprised! Quality issues from GM?

 

[KennyGS]

It seems to me they've postponed release because of known issues. I would prefer to see a car maker do this at their risk of great expense, and bad press as opposed to just pushing it onto consumers.

 

[webby]

still no word on what it is

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In a telephone call, spokesman Monte Doran said, "Through the standard quality assessment process....we found a potential concern that we want to address." Doran told Inside Line the issue was not software-related, as reported by some media, but declined to be more specific.

Doran added, "obviously, we want to get (the ZL1) out as soon as possible, but we don't have a timeline yet as to when we will ship the cars" to dealers. Doran confirmed that one ZL1 was shipped "inadvertently" to a Chevy dealer in Texas: "That dealer prematurely delivered the car to a customer, so we had to go get the car back (because) we had not approved the car for sale."

 

[bootyluvr]

It's only a GM.. Pssh who cares about them