GM in deep with this Ignition Switch Issue

[Diamondpilot]

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/gm-recall/gm-takes-heat-families-nhtsa-congress-n69166

Another report I read states the fix was $.57 per vehicle but GM deemed it too costly.

Chris

 

[arnoldziffel]

Were these switches installed only on vehicles built by the "old" bankrupt General Motors? Not the new GM?

Is the US government still a major stockholder in the new GM?

 

[murphy1244]

Can't trust ANY of these Car Companies!

 

[Ford850]

"Old" vs "New" is a joke. Companies do that as part of their sweet deal when they go bankrupt. They run a company into the ground, throwing ethics out the window along the way. Then they file for bankruptcy and declare they are a "New" company, leaving all their bills ,dirty laundry, and liability in the past. It's not just GM that has done this, but they are the most recent and biggest offender. How many decision makers at the New GM, were employed by the Old GM? Most of them.

 

[houstonscott]

"Old" vs "New" is a joke. Companies do that as part of their sweet deal when they go bankrupt. They run a company into the ground, throwing ethics out the window along the way. Then they file for bankruptcy and declare they are a "New" company, leaving all their bills ,dirty laundry, and liability in the past. It's not just GM that has done this, but they are the most recent and biggest offender. How many decision makers at the New GM, were employed by the Old GM? Most of them.

Don't put five pounds of **** on your key chain and your good to go.... HS

 

[murphy1244]

Don't put five pounds of **** on your key chain and your good to go.... HS

That been a problem for a long time on all Auto's

 

[Ford850]

From the testimony:

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., held up a switch for one of the cars and said a small spring inside it failed to provide enough force, causing car engines to turn off when they went over a bump.
DeGette showed how easy it was for a light set of keys to move the ignition out of the "run" position. That can cause the engine to stall and the driver to lose power steering and power brakes.
GM has said that in 2005 company engineers proposed solutions to the switch problem but that the automaker concluded that none represented "an acceptable business case."
"Documents provided by GM show that this unacceptable cost increase was only 57 cents," DeGette said.
Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, read from an e-mail exchange between GM employees and those at Delphi, which made the switch. One said that the Cobalt is "blowing up in their face in regards to the car turning off."

 

[houstonscott]

What does it matter now? Sound familiar. HS

 

[jaotguy]

yes , they all duck their responsibilities due to bean counters ( costs less to settle each case than issue a recall ).... the Gov should enact strict laws on this stuff ... ( a deterrent if you like ) for safety issues ...

how about 10 million mandatory penalty for EACH person killed or injured in an accident due to a "safety defect" , 1/2 to the Gov and 1/2 to the person involved..... then lets see the bean counters react to that..... plus they have to issue a recall and fix the "fault" ( and supply the affected owners with a current year model, until theirs is fixed )

 

[joemd11]

GM's actions in this situation are reprehensible! People died and their families suffer due to the decisions of a few callous and short-sighted people. Unfortunately these people will never be punished for their actions. I doubt the company can survive this and a lot of people, who had nothing to do with making these bad decisions, are going to lose their jobs.