GM Recall: GM And Other Manufacturers Recall Faulty Airbags Due to Injuries In 2014, there have been a number of GM recalls, beginning with a recall for 2.6 million model year 2004 and 2005 vehicles due to an ignition switch problem that caused several injuries and deaths. Now, the plagued automotive manufacturer, GM, has issued a faulty airbag recall for one of their most popular cars, the Chevrolet Cruze, due to defects in airbags manufactured by Takata. Earlier this month, other automotive manufacturers, including Nissan, Honda, and … [Read more...]
New Class Action Lawsuit Against GM Filed for Vehicle Recall
June 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
$10 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Against GM Says Vehicle Recall Devalued Cars A new class action lawsuit against GM (General Motors) lawsuit filed, demanding $10 billion in compensation for owners of vehicles that fall under the automotive manufacturer’s massive 20 million unit vehicle recall. According to this this latest class action lawsuit against GM, GM owes its customers three times its annual earnings in compensation for financial losses incurred by the customers, because the vehicle recall has seriously devalued their cars. The … [Read more...]
Chrysler Investigated for Faulty Ignition Switches
June 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Concern Over Faulty Ignition Switches Spreads to Chrysler On Wednesday, June 18th, US safety regulators said that they were opening two investigations into Chrysler Group vehicles involving faulty ignition switches, a problem that came to light after millions of General Motors vehicles came under recall earlier this year. The ignition switch problems issue is suspected in 1.25 million Chrysler vehicles, but so far only one crash, and no deaths or injuries, has been linked to the problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration … [Read more...]
GM Expands Ignition Switch Recall
June 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Expands Ignition Switch Recall On Monday, June 16th, General Motors stated that they were expanding their massive 2.6 million GM car ignition switch recall by another 3.4 million cars. This brings their total vehicle recall number to 20 million, including vehicle recalls for problems that do not involve the older models with faulty ignition switches. GM has issued a total of 44 vehicle recalls so far this year. The original ignition switch recall covered older model cars, mostly 2004 and 2005 models, that had faulty ignition switches that … [Read more...]
GM Vehicle Recall Class Action Consolidated
June 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Class Action Lawsuit Against GM For Vehicle Recall Consolidated in Federal Court A panel of federal judges consolidated a class action lawsuit against General Motors for personal injury and wrongful death related to the company’s ignition switch vehicle recall in the Southern District of New York. The Judicial Panel of Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated the cases under US District Court Judge Jesse Furman. Furman was appointed to the vehicle recall lawsuit by President Barack Obama. Although GM’s strategy was to have the vehicle … [Read more...]
GM Key Ignition Defect Recall Leads to Felony Crash Lawsuit
June 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Key Ignition Defect Recall Prompts Felony Crash Lawsuit In 2004, a Texas woman pleaded guilty to felony negligence charges after a serious car crash led to the death of her fiancé. Now, she is suing General Motors because she believes her Saturn had a faulty ignition switch, and the delayed GM key ignition defect recall led to the accident. Candice Anderson believed for 10 years that she was responsible for the severe accident that killed her fiancé. When Anderson learned about GM’s delayed vehicle recall and the ignition switch problems … [Read more...]
GM Says “Pattern of Incompetence” Delayed Vehicle Recall
June 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Fires 15 Employees After Internal Investigation Reveals Reasons for Delayed Vehicle Recall General Motors, Inc, announced on Thursday, June 5th, that an internal investigation uncovered a “pattern of incompetence” that caused the ignition switch vehicle recall to be delayed by a decade. The automotive manufacturer announced that 15 employees had been fired in relation to the serious delays in the ignition switch vehicle recall, which caused at least 13 deaths in car crashes over a period of 10 years. “Repeatedly, individuals failed to … [Read more...]
Deaths Related to GM’s Delayed Vehicle Recall Likely Underestimated
May 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
NHTSA: GM’s Delayed Vehicle Recall May Have Caused More Than The Reported 13 Deaths The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on May 23rd that there may be more than 13 wrongful deaths caused by crashes because General Motors delayed a vehicle recall. The company began a vehicle recall in February of this year, which covered a few thousand older model 2004 and 2005 Cobalts, as well as a few other vehicle models. However, the vehicle recall quickly expanded to 2.6 million cars, and GM admitted that the 10-year-old cars, which had … [Read more...]
GM Hit with $35 Million Fine Over Vehicle Recalls
May 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Delays in Vehicle Recalls Lead DOT to Levy Highest Financial Penalty Against GM On Friday, May 16th, General Motors was hit with the largest civil penalty against an automotive manufacturer in US history, due to their delays in the now notorious ignition switch vehicle recall case. The Department of Transportation fined GM $35 million as the result of an investigation into the company’s vehicle recall that covered 2.6 million older model cars, most of which were 2004 and 2005 model years. The vehicle recall was a much-delayed response to 42 … [Read more...]
GM Issues Another Large Vehicle Recall
May 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
As GM Redoubles Safety Efforts, the Manufacturer Issues Another Vehicle Recall In an effort to cover all of its potential safety issues, General Motors has issued another vehicle recall, this time covering 2.7 million cars. GM added that it would take a $200 million charge to cover the cost of the vehicle recall. The automotive manufacturer has issued five other vehicle recalls in 2014 alone, the most notorious of which is the ignition switch vehicle recall, that covered 2.6 million older model cars, mostly from model years 2004-2005. The … [Read more...]
