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 ...
continue reading...A Texas woman who blamed herself for the death of her fiancé in a car crash is suing General Motors (GM) alleging the company covered up a defective ignition switch in her car. The now 31 year old pled guilty to criminally negligent homicide in 2004. She was sentenced to five years of deferred punishment and 260 hours of community service. She was also ordered to pay for her late fiancé’s funeral and $3,500 in court ...
continue reading...Late last month General Motors announced its compensation plan that will offer payments to victims who were in an accident in which the air bag failed to deploy as a result of a defective ignition switch. The fund may also offer compensation to victims who previously accepted out-of-court settlements that occurred prior to the recall.
After an internal investigation, GM recently faced congressional scrutiny over a decade-long delay to recall 2.6 million cars with faulty ignition switches, ...
continue reading...Attorneys for GM and for plaintiffs injured by alleged defects in GM cars have made requests to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the cases be consolidated and centralized before a single judge.
GM announced the recall of 2.6 million vehicles due to a potentially dangerous ignition switch defect in February 2014. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has slapped GM with the maximum $35 million fine for not reporting the defect in a ...
continue reading...Not long after the announcement of a $35 million fine to be paid by General Motors (GM) related to a dangerous ignition switch defect, the car manufacturer has announced numerous additional recalls because of potentially dangerous defects. Industry experts suspect that GM issued the recalls to be in compliance with auto safety regulations and to avoid any other potential sanctions. The following safety concerns have been identified, and GM recommends that anyone with ...
