GM Receives 107-Question Survey Over Ignition Recall
General Motors, in the midst of a 1.6-million vehicle recall involving a faulty ignition switch discovered a decade earlier — and the resulting silence until late February of this year — must now answer a 107-question survey issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the recall by April 3.
Autoblog reports the 27-page survey aims to collect more information about the timeline between the time the fault was found to the point the recall was finally issued, though more pages could be tacked onto the survey before the NHTSA decides on the proper course(s) of action, including multi-million dollar fines and criminal charges.
Question in the survey include a detailed look at GM’s examination process, future improvements to be made, thorough looks over each complaint regarding the defect, and why a replacement for the switch was ultimately delayed until near the end of the Cobalt’s life.
Meanwhile, GM CEO Mary Barra will be conducting a similar survey among all employees involved with the recall independently through an outside law firm.
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1980's and 1990's Honda vehicles has ignition switch contact problems as well. I don't remember any recalls.
Honda actually did do a recall on the late 90's CL, TL, and a number of Honda vehicles. Recall #02V120000
Everyone's regular driver training should include shutting off the ignition while rolling to practise safely controlling the vehicle without power. PS: quite the pastiche, that car in the illustration of the article.
Question #1: How much would you like to donate to HILLARYPAC? Question 2-107: See question 1.