“Every auto company, from luxury to mainstream, if they have any sort of problem that they see, they tend to recall. I mean, the thing that consumers want to see is car companies being proactive so they’re never at a point in which they feel that they’re in danger, because the car companies are proactively recalling, making sure vehicles are safe before something happens.”

Caldwell says that investigations into problems with vehicles usually take a few months to make sure they aren’t isolated and to also come up with a fix.

The compact Cruze has led the resurgence of GM and of the auto industry in Ohio.