September 12, 2016
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 4 million vehicles, most of them in the U.S., to fix an airbag software defect that has been linked to one death. The vehicles involved in the recall are all from the 2014-2017 …
October 28, 2015
For the third time in seven years, General Motors is recalling cars that can leak oil and catch fire, in some instances damaging garages and homes. The recall, which covers 1.4 million vehicles dating to the 1997 model year, is …
October 31, 2014
General Motors Co. said recall and car-loan charges for this year rose 8 percent to $2.7 billion, as the company is hit almost daily with new lawsuits over the call-ins. The Detroit-based automaker spent $680 million to repair defective ignition …
September 12, 2014
General Motors Co. has “substantially completed” its vehicle recalls, Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said. “We’re working hard to make sure that as new vehicles come out, they achieve even higher levels” of quality and safety, Barra told reporters in …
August 4, 2014
A fund set up by General Motors to pay for deaths and injuries caused by its vehicles with faulty ignitions is accepting claims. The five-month filing period that began Friday is part of the fallout from General Motors’ recall of …
August 1, 2014
More than seven years before General Motors Co. began the biggest wave of auto recalls in history, an investigator for Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc. contacted the carmaker about a fatal rollover crash in California. A driver in a new …
July 29, 2014
General Motors Co. and its main Chinese partner are recalling nearly 20,000 imported Cadillac SRX sport utility vehicles and Chevrolet Camaros to replace defective seat bolts. GM said Friday the defect might allow seats to descend to their lowest position, …
July 10, 2014
With six months left in 2014, automakers have already recalled more vehicles in the U.S. than in any other year on record. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists U.S. recalls for 37.5 million cars this year, topping the 30.8 …
June 20, 2014
Ignition switches have presented General Motors with significant safety issues of late. Here are details of the switch problems by the numbers: – 2.6 million: The number of older small cars that GM recalled earlier this year to fix faulty …
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 …