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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co (GM.N) vehicles has approved two new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 29, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program, reported Reuters. Since it began accepting ... Read More »
General Motors Co. will recall about 7,600 Chevrolet Caprice police vehicles for a transmission issue, making this the 75th safety recall action the auto maker has taken this year and putting the number of total vehicles recalled by the company in North America at well over 30 million, reported The Wall Street Journal. The recall, ... Read More »
DETROIT, Mich. – The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch now stands at 24, up from 19 last month, reported Michigan Live. 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 ... Read More »
General Motors Co. capped the week by issuing three new recalls covering almost 60,575 vehicles in North America — the biggest for an ignition switch issue on some Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet Caprice police patrol vehicles, reported The Wall Street Journal. The auto maker has now issued six separate recalls over the past three days ... Read More »
Chrysler Group LLC, a unit of Fiat SpA, said it will recall about 350,000 vehicles from the 2008 model year because of a condition that may cause the ignition key to get stuck or inadvertently move, reported Reuters. In some cases, the ignition switch could upon startup not stop at the “on” position and instead ... Read More »
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