May 19, 2014
General Motors has offered to help the North Carolina Highway Patrol in its investigation of a traffic accident that killed a high school teacher. The Fayetteville Observer reports troopers are considering a theory that the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by …
May 14, 2014
The Georgia attorney whose wrongful death suit against General Motors Co. helped trigger the recall of 2.59 million cars is seeking to revive that case, alleging the automaker fraudulently withheld information ahead of a settlement. Lance Cooper’s latest legal maneuver …
May 9, 2014
The U.S. Department of Transportation has rebuffed a call by two Democratic senators to advise owners of 2.6 million recalled General Motors cars to stop driving them until they are repaired. In letters sent on Tuesday to Senators Edward Markey …
May 2, 2014
General Motors Co. is bringing its fight against owners of recalled cars to its former turf: the Manhattan bankruptcy court where the U.S. government financed the automaker’s turnaround five years ago. GM is facing 59 lawsuits by car owners demanding …
March 25, 2014
Pressure built on General Motors on Monday to take steps to get 1.6 million of its recalled cars off the road immediately and to establish a compensation fund for consumers affected by the company’s faulty ignition switches linked to 12 …
March 14, 2014
General Motors excluded the Saturn Ion from a Feb. 13 recall for faulty ignition switches after engineers inexplicably failed to look at fatal crashes involving the compact car. The cars were recalled two weeks later, after another inquiry found four …
March 6, 2014
General Motors’ new CEO is starting an internal review of the company’s practices after an embarrassing recall of 1.6 million older small cars. CEO Mary Barra says in an e-mail to employees that the review will hold the company accountable …