Camaro plant gets more work; recall issued

The strong early demand for the Chevrolet Camaro has General Motors looking to crank more units out of the Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant.

The Oshawa plant was exempt from GM's recent announcement of shutdowns of as long as nine weeks for several of its plants--primarily those that build pickups and SUVs.

Oshawa will increase Camaro output by adding overtime and an extra week to the plant's production schedule.

GM says it has more than 15,000 Camaro orders from dealers. In April, the automaker sold 614 Camaros.

But some Camaros will be returning to Chevy dealerships. GM has issued a voluntary recall for 300 Camaro SS cars to repair a faulty battery cable that can cause the car to stall out. Dealers will replace the bad battery cable.

By Dale Jewett