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GM recalls nearly 20000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs

General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report. The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua. GM has been investigating ...
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Details emerge behind Detroit Metro bomb threat that wasnt

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Mans car stolen in Detroit with wifes ashes in trunk

Detroit - A man planning to take his deceased wife's ashes to a memorial service for her mother says his car and the ashes inside it were stolen in Detroit. WDIV-TV reports that Jim Meilenner parked his car Monday night in an eastside neighborhood and by the next morning the Pontiac G6 was gone. He was taking his wife's ashes - stored in a wooden box in the trunk - to his ...
Ferguson due in federal court hours after Kilpatrick

Detroit - Bobby Ferguson could move a step closer Thursday to finding a lawyer to represent him in a $12 million bid-rigging trial, or decide to defend himself. Ferguson will attend a 3 p.m. hearing in federal court, hours after his pal and co-defendant Kwame Kilpatrick attended a hearing next door in the City Hall corruption case. Ferguson, 44, was convicted of nine charges in the corruption ...

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Detroit - New testing on samples of the petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River show results similar to those produced by state officials. But they are being interpreted differently. In March, state Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, walked on to the property in southwest Detroit where the massive piles of pet coke are stored and collected several samples of the black, rock-like material. ...
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GM recalls nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs

General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report.

The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua.

GM has been investigating the issue of loosening wheel nuts since October 2012. In March and April, GM received six reports for noise and other issues caused by loose lug nuts. But according to GM spokesman Alan Adler, the automaker has no reports of wheels falling off.

GM said owners could experience creaking, rattling or grinding noises from the wheels or steering vibrations.

GM dealers will remove and reinstall the nuts and rotate the tyres. GM notified dealers last week and will notify owners June 3. It is the second recall of the 2013 SRX since March.