Recallfiasco GM: 6.1 million and counting, gifbeker must be empty
Posted on 01-04-2014 at 15:17 by sir_smokalot – 20 Comments”
In mid-march we made mention of a problem that General Motors in its home market, with potentially large consequences. We are now more than 2 weeks, and now seem really out of the closet for The General. An overview.
Faulty ignition switches are are central
Where it still to be running, the ignition switches are in various GM models. With a heavy bunch of keys about the key during the drive unintentionally the contact jump, making the brakes and the airbags do not work anymore. This would already be many dead. Automotive News sought out that of the eight dead who are in crashes with the Chevrolet Cobalt were killed, seven after april 2006 to regret.
In that month approved GM a herdesign of the ignition switch properly, but the on crashed cars were all that time built. A recall had the kill, therefore, can prevent.
At this herdesign was by the engineers, incidentally, a mortal sin is committed. Through a longer part to place the resistor in the ignition switch is increased, but they failed this ‘new’ ignition switch another code to give. In other words: now there were 2 different products with the same number are not distinguished from one another. How that ever made it through…
There were already many lawsuits, which, in addition, is suitable. So, there is the example of a student who, after a collision with another car with its Cobalt from the road was up against a tree, crashed, and died. The airbags were not working, and the GM said. Salient detail: the lady came back from a party and had to be 1.9 per cent in her blood, but for the soundness of her car does not matter.
Recall expands
There Was initially still there 1.6 million affected cars, this weekend came here, another 1.3 million, as we made in our Cruze-article already mentioned, but that was not all, because the counter seems to be in total now at over 6 million. For your understanding: that as many cars as Hyundai, during its whole existence until now in Europe have us there.
What does not change is that the issue is almost 100% an American problem, apart from 7.450 recalled Opel GT’s Europe there is currently no burden of.
GM’s CEO testifies before Congress
Mary Barra, who recently released the baton and also this huge hoofdpijndossier of Dan Akerson took over, let themselves in a video message, all full of excuses, and for the U.s. Congress, where she this week was called, she did this over again.
The only question is how deep it needs to be involved in the matter, as a former GM engineer (which indicates only since a few months of this issue on the height). But this question is in some sense irrelevant, now they will be responsible of everything within the General Motors place.
Is the new GM responsible for the mistakes of old GM?
Even if the company is in practice not much has changed, you can since the bankruptcy and the restart of 2009 will no longer speak of one and the same company. The chance that this map will be played.
Toyota all over again?
The throttlegate/floor mats-story chased Toyota for many years, until recently for 1.2 billion USD suitable. Only the recall has already cost GM 750 million USD, the expectation is that the legal aftermath, the cost from Toyota at least it will match.
Two things are certain in this: GM can only lose, and U.s. lawyers going to have a big sandwich to earn money on this issue.
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