As Settlement Payments Offered, Wrongful Death Toll in Delayed Vehicle Recall Reaches 27 In February of this year, General Motors issued a small, quiet vehicle recall covering several hundred thousand older model cars that had a problem with the ignition switch. The cars came from model years 2004-2005, which meant that either the ignition switches were just starting to go bad after 10 years, or the company had delayed the vehicle recall for far too long. Unfortunately, the latter turned out to be the case. Through the spring and summer, GM … [Read more...]
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Covers Half-Million Cars
October 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Involves Over 500,000 Cars and SUVs General Motors has had a tough year involving numerous vehicle recalls due to safety issues, along with class action lawsuits, personal injury and wrongful death complaints, and a federal investigation. The company’s vehicle recall woes began in February of this year, with a small vehicle recall of 10-year-old cars that had ignition switch problems. When confronted with the long-delayed recall, GM admitted that it knew about 13 deaths tied directly to ignition switch problems, which … [Read more...]
Chrysler Issues Vehicle Recall Due to Ignition Switch Problems
September 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Chrysler Faces Older Model Vehicle Recall Due to Ignition Switch Problems Since February this year, General Motors has recalled over 30 million vehicles, about 20 million of which were older model cars that had ignition switch problems which caused numerous accidents, personal injuries, and deaths. Now, Chrysler has issued a vehicle recall for some of their older model cars, for a similar ignition switch problem. Chrysler Group LLC issued a vehicle recall covering 349,442 older model cars and SUVs, including the Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, … [Read more...]
GM Issues Another Vehicle Recall Due to Parking Brake Problems
September 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Another Vehicle Recall from GM Involves Parking Brakes and Fire Hazards Although the automotive manufacturer has already issued numerous vehicle recalls for over 30 million cars in 2014 alone, General Motors has issued another vehicle recall – this time because a defect in the parking brake can cause a fire. The reported problem occurs in GM’s 2013-2015 model year Cadillac XTS and the 2014-2015 model year Chevrolet Impala. A letter confirming the vehicle recall was issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The total … [Read more...]
Wrongful Death Toll from GM Vehicle Recall Rises to 19
September 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Investigation Reveals 19 Wrongful Deaths Tied to GM Cars Under Vehicle Recall It began in February 2014 – General Motors issued a small vehicle recall for older model cars, mostly in the 2004-2005 model year range, because of problems with the ignition switch. Over the next several months, federal regulators and consumers began to speak up about the scope of the vehicle recall problem. General Motors admitted that it knew of 13 wrongful deaths over 10 years that it failed to issue a vehicle recall for the ignition switches, in violation of … [Read more...]
Honda Issues Vehicle Recall Due to Takata Airbags
September 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Honda’s Vehicle Recall Covers Thousands of Cars that Feature Takata Airbags Honda Motor Corp. has issued a vehicle recall covering 63,200 cars due to a defect in the driver’s side airbag, which is manufactured by Takata. Takata’s airbags have led to numerous vehicle recalls recently, covering over 16 million cars worldwide. Honda’s models under the vehicle recall are CR-V, Civic, Brio and Amaze, model years 2012-2015, which are mostly sold in the Asian market. However, other vehicles in the recall are in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. … [Read more...]
NHTSA Develops Vehicle Recall Safety Website
August 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Vehicle Recall Safety Website Shows Consumers If Vehicle Recall Issues Have Been Fixed The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has created a new online search tool, a vehicle recall safety website, for consumers to use their car’s VIN (vehicle identification number) to look up whether or not the car fell under a vehicle recall, and if the recall was effective in fixing the problem. The service officially launched on Wednesday, August 20th. The search tool allows consumers to look up any car with a VIN number to find out if the … [Read more...]
GM Compensation Fund for Special Victims Faces Numerous Personal Injury Claims
August 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Compensation Fund for Special Victims of GM Faulty Ignition Switches Receive More Personal Injury Claims Than Expected On Monday, August 11th, General Motors reported that their GM compensation fund, set up for victims of the delayed faulty ignition switch vehicle recall, had received more claims than anticipated – a total of 135 personal injury claims, almost half of which were wrongful death claims. According to Camille Biros, spokeswoman for fund manager and attorney Kenneth Feinberg, the total number of wrongful death claims related to … [Read more...]
GM SUV Recall Due to Fire RIsk
August 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM SUV Recall: SUVs Can Catch Fire General Motors, the car manufacturer beleaguered by vehicle recalls for ignition switch problems, has been forced to issue another vehicle recall – this time, it is the third recall for GM SUVs that can catch fire. In the first week of August, federal safety regulators released documents that GM will need to attempt another fix of the power window switches, which can catch fire. Reportedly, the problem is so serious that GM has told consumers to leave their SUVs outside, just in case the power window … [Read more...]
GM Announces Six More Vehicle Recalls
July 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Six New Vehicle Recalls from General Motors Covering Over 800,000 Cars General Motors has issued a record number of vehicle recalls in 2014, many of which involve older model vehicles with faulty ignition switches. On Wednesday, July 23rd, the automotive manufacturer issued six more vehicle recalls, covering over 800,000 cars. That brings the total number of GM’s recalled vehicles this year to 29 million worldwide. The latest six vehicle recalls cover close to 823,000 vehicles, and cover a variety of issues. Some of the vehicles in the … [Read more...]
