GM Issues Yet Another Vehicle Recall Due to Airbag Deployment Problems While General Motors faces personal injury lawsuits and a potential class action lawsuit for a delayed vehicle recall that, over several years, resulted in at least 13 deaths, the company has issued another vehicle recall for 1.5 million cars due to problems with airbag deployment. The latest recall will cost GM around $300 million to pay for repairs to the cars under vehicle recall. The GM vehicle recall covers 1.2 million 2008-2013 model Buick Enclaves and GMC … [Read more...]
GM Hit with Personal Injury Lawsuit After Major Vehicle Recall
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Proposed Personal Injury Class Action Lawsuit Against GM Related to Deaths and Delayed Major Vehicle Recall On Friday, March 14th, General Motors (GM) was hit with two personal injury/wrongful death lawsuits related to their recent major vehicle recall. The lawsuits are part of a proposed class action against the vehicle manufacturer for serious delays in the vehicle recall. Last month, when the first part of the ignition switch vehicle recall was issued, GM acknowledged that it knew about at least 13 deaths related to crashes. When the … [Read more...]
Congress Will Investigate GM Vehicle Recall
March 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Recent GM Vehicle Recall Leads to Congressional Investigation The House Energy and Commerce Committee has launched an investigation into the vehicle recall that covers 1.6 million older General Motors vehicles. In early February, General Motors issued a vehicle recall that covered 778,000 older model vehicles after complaints regarding ignition switch problems in some Chevys and Pontiacs. Later that month, the vehicle recall was expanded to 1.4 million older model cars and SUVs after the company stated that the problem had caused at least … [Read more...]
GM to Expand Vehicle Recall to 1.4 Million Cars
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Will Expand Vehicle Recall to 1.4 Million Cars and SUVs General Motors announced that it would expand its February vehicle recall to nearly 1.4 million cars. The initial vehicle recall was for only 778,000 cars and covered specifically older models of GM Chevys and Pontiacs. GM said that the ignition switch problem was due to the switches not being tightened properly. If the vehicle goes off-road, “jarring” the switch could be moved to the “run” position, which would turn off the engine and several electrical components of the car. … [Read more...]
