Multiple GM Factories Go on Brief Hiatus

Several GM truck factories will soon be going on a brief hiatus, Kelley Blue Book reports.

GM has claimed that the pause in production is due to a shortage of parts, according to the Detroit Free Press, but has not clarified what parts specifically–only that they are not semiconductor chips.

The automaker’s Ft. Wayne Assembly factory in Indiana, which manufactures the Chevy Silverado, and its GMC Sierra twin, will be closed for the week of August 28. 

Plants in Missouri that produce Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize trucks will drop to three shifts from one during the same time frame as well.

GM has plants globally that will be able to continue manufacturing trucks, though the Silao, Mexico, plant has not been in operation for two weeks.

The company has enough supply stockpiled to meet demand for now, though as the Detroit Free Press notes, GM and Stellantis both have been increasing their inventories to prepare for a potential United Auto Workers strike, which could eventually result in a shortage.