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DETROIT – The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has risen to 42, reported MLive. The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a defective part in mid-to-late-2000s model cars that has led to a massive recall ... Read More »
Read More →The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that General Motors now has enough parts to fix faulty ignition switches in mid-2000s model cars tied to a massive and deadly recall, reported MLive. So the federal agency is urging owners of the affected cars to get the 1 million or so cars with the faulty ... Read More »
Read More →The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has edged up to 36, reported MLive. The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a defective part in mid-to-late-2000s model cars that has led to a massive recall and ... Read More »
Read More →General Motors Co. is recalling more than 316,350 sport-utility vehicles and a handful of other car models in North America, marking the 79th recall action the auto maker has taken this year, reported The WSJ. The auto maker found that an intermittent or permanent power loss of low-beam headlamps exists in its Buick LaCrosse sedans ... Read More »
Read More →Two additional deaths have been attributed to a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co vehicles, bringing the total to 35, according a report on Monday from the lawyer overseeing a program to compensate for deaths and accidents linked to the part, reported Reuters. As of Friday, the program, which began accepting claims on Aug. ... Read More »
Read More →In his first public comments since parting with the automaker, former General Motors engineer Raymond DeGiorgio defended his role to the New York Times in what he referred to in internal documents as the “switch from hell,” according to MLive. He’s referencing a defective ignition switch found in smaller-model GM cars that has been linked ... Read More »
Read More →The deadline to file claims under General Motors Co’s faulty ignition-switch compensation program has been extended by one month to Jan. 31, said Kenneth Feinberg, the program’s administrator, reported Reuters. Feinberg’s office on Monday updated its list of claims submitted, saying it had approved compensation for the families of 33 victims killed in GM cars ... Read More »
Read More →General Motors Co. (GM) urged a judge to reject lawsuits demanding $10 billion for the lost value of millions of cars recalled this year for ignition-switch fixes and other flaws, reported Bloomberg. The automaker yesterday told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in Manhattan that he freed it from responsibility for past errors when he signed ... Read More »
Read More →DETROIT – Shortly before Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill deemed by some as “anti-Tesla” into law last week, General Motors released a statement throwing its support behind House Bill 5606, reported MLive. “We believe that House Bill 5606 will help ensure that all automotive manufacturers follow the same rules to operate in the State ... Read More »
Read More →DETROIT – The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has risen to 30, reported MLive. The number of claims was at 29 last week, after rising from 19 such claims in September. The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to ... Read More »
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