General Motors (GM) made headlines yet again at the end of June when the automotive manufacturer announced another recall on 8.2 million vehicles due to potentially dangerous and defective ignition switches. A company spokesperson announced that the defect could cause the vehicles to suddenly lose power, which can disable numerous safety features and cause drivers to lose control. Similar defects in the Chevy Cobalt, 2.6 million of which were previously recalled earlier this ...
Honda and Others Recall 3 Million Cars over Airbag Defect
Posted August 13, 2014 in Auto Accidents | Product News and Recalls
Honda Motor Co. and other Japanese automakers recently recalled nearly 3 million cars with potentially explosive airbags that were manufactured by the Takata Corporation. The total number of cars recalled for the hazardous airbags is about 10.5 million vehicles over the past five years. The total makes this one of the top five biggest recalls in the car industry history.
The recalls cover passenger-side and driver-side ...
continue reading...In the wake of its recent recall of an estimated 29 million motor vehicles, General Motors (GM) has admitted that certain employees had knowledge of the ignition switch defect for over ten years prior to the recalls. New information shows that GM ignored numerous serious complaints regarding the defective ignition switch.
Bloomberg news obtained documents via a Freedom of Information Act request that included numerous reports from rental car companies regarding problems with ...
continue reading...A lawsuit filed in June alleges that the recent GM recalls of millions of cars and trucks damaged the brand and that owners should be compensated for lost resale value. The complaint claims that concealing defects hurt GM vehicle owners.
The lawsuit claims that potentially 15 million car and truck owners should be compensated more than $10 billion for, not just the ...
continue reading...Federal safety regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently made documents public that show automotive manufacturer General Motors (GM) knew about ignition defects before 2004. Documents in the report indicate that GM officials were alerted to the defect in 2003, and possibly knew about it as early as 1997.
GM has been in hot water with the NHTSA and the public due to its failure to issue a timely recall for ...
continue reading...General Motors announced in June that it will recall 3.36 million mid-size and large cars for defective ignition switches. The company already recalled 2.6 million vehicles this year for the same problem. GM also announced recalls for 165,770 vehicles for other reasons, including problems with automatic transmissions and power steering.
The ignition switch problem can lead to disabling off airbags and power steering. The ignition switch can move from the “run” position as a ...
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