The question asked repeatedly at the hearings is why it took a decade to recall what everyone now admits was a defective ignition switch whose failure caused cars to stall while the airbags were disabled.
Hear a discussion about a question asked multiple ways at the GM ignition switch Congressional hearings: Why did a decade pass before a recall was issued of what GM now admits was a defective Delphi ignition switch whose failure caused cars to stall suddenly while the airbags were disabled. No answers were forthcoming from GM or NHTSA. Moreover, why do NHTSA employees join law firms to defend automakers as well as other suppliers being regulated? There’s much more of auto informed talk at the following link.
Hear the latest Ken Zino and Harry Douglas radio broadcast here – http://www.spreaker.com/user/harrydouglas/car-concerns-radio-usa-ken-zino-talks_4
More on the GM ignition switch deaths from AutoInformed:
- Asleep at the Switch! Head of NHTSA Friedman, GM CEO Barra Duck Tough Questions at House Hearing
- GM Files $750 Million Q1 Earnings Charge with SEC GM Expands Ignition Switch Recall Yet Again
- CAS Says GM Ignition Switch Airbag Failure Caused 303 Deaths
- Political Grandstanding begins over GM Ignition Switch Fatalities
- Where’s the Independent Investigation of NHTSA for Failure to act on Deadly GM Ignition Switches and Air Bag Failures?
- NHTSA Opens Investigation into GM Ignition Switch Recall Delay. 13 Deaths Attributed to Defective Design So Far
It’s simple– no one had the balz to disclose what would more that likely put the last nail in the coffin for GM.
There really is no other true answer !! No one was asleep at the switch—no one wanted to flip the switch!