California Autos Examiner

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Motor Trend Backs Away from CTS NVH Claim


In the October issue of Motor Trend, Mike Conner quoted inside sources at GM stating that the 3.6 liter "high feature" V-6 has a minor NVH problem that was the result of a design fault and could not be fixed.


This quote was bandied around many discussion forums with most people dismissing any NVH is being extremely minor. I myself didn't notice any NVH issues in the CTS models that I tested.


Now that the December issue of Motor Trend has arrived, I notice that Conner is backing away from the sensationalism of his earlier post.


"My recent item on an NVH problem with GM's 3.6 liter "high feature" V-6 garnered as much mail as I've ever received. The problem is this: A minor tertiary vibration on the floorboard that you can feel only under high RPM."

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