Further production cuts are scheduled at General Motors’ North American production facilities as a result of the ongoing global microchip shortage, including production of the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks.
Per a recent report from Reuters, production cuts at GM’s Wentzville production facility in Missouri are set to go into effect September 6th, and are currently slated to last for two weeks.
In addition to producing the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon, the GM Wentzville facility also produces Chevy Express and GMC Savana vans, both of which were originally scheduled to resume production on September 6th. Now, however, this latest round of production stoppages will push the restart date for these models to September 20th.
An aerial view of GM Wentzville
The latest production cuts at the GM Wentzville facility are only a portion of new production stoppages in place at GM’s North American facilities. General Motors also recently announced new production stoppages at the Fort Wayne plant in Indiana, the Silao plant in Mexico, CAMI Assembly in Canada, the Lansing Delta Township plant in Michigan, the Spring Hill facility in Tennessee, Ramos Arizpe in Mexico, and San Luis Potosi Assembly in Mexico. In total, eight of GM’s North American production facilities are now facing new production cuts due to the global microchip shortage.
As GM Authority covered previously, the primary driver behind the microchip shortage is the COVID-19 pandemic. With lockdown measures going into effect around the world, consumers began to buy a wide variety of products that require microchips to function, such as laptops and desktop computers for at-home workers, and video game systems, television, and tablets to help combat boredom. Coupled with higher-than-expected car buying and declining supplies due to production stoppages, the effects of the shortage began to manifest first in the auto industry, later spreading elsewhere.
So far, General Motors has employed a number of strategies in an effort to combat the microchip shortage, including a “build-shy” strategy wherein vehicles are produced in an incomplete state as new chips are sourced, only to be finished later once those chips are acquired.
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Used prices are going up by the day.
Will stimulate need for chip production in the USA.
I own a 2016 GMC Canyon and was planning to get a new 2022 Canyon Denali by Sept/Oct looks like that I’ll have to look for another brand of midsize truck. so far, the new Nissan Frontier 2022 is very appealing with a lot of safety and electronics gadgets and cheaper than the Denali.
The availability of the “New designed 2022 Chevrolet TRAVERSE.”????? Marty
This is great news, Not. My truck has been built and I was told it was ready to ship but it has now been delayed, which probably means a chip shortage problem. If I’m lucky I’ll get my 2021 in 2022.
I ordered one in june and it was built august 9th. I still haven’t seen it.
I email GM every two weeks and they still claim that they have no idea when it will be finished.
I don’t believe that but if it’s true, it’s a terrible way to run ANY company, let alone a well established auto manufacturer.
I’ll be looking elsewhere for my next vehicle.
Just the tip of the iceberg at GM , 8speed transmissions to computer chips an the customers take it on the chin. Nice job GM .
Maybe they can spend their idle time fixing their transmission issues they’ve been ignoring for years.