Jim Federico is the highest senior executive thus far to depart from GM because of the ignition switch fiasco. The head of product development, Mark Reuss, and CEO Mary Barra are also vulnerable in AutoInformed’s view.
The beleaguered General Motors Company has announced four new recalls of 2.4 million cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles.
This staggering number of 29 safety defect recalls – 13.5 million vehicles year-to-date – is without question the largest number of recalls in GM’s history.
Involved in one of the latest GM recalls are 1,339,355 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and 2009-2010 model year Saturn Outlook vehicles equipped with an Autoliv seat belts that can fail. Also recalled are 218,000 2004-2008 Chevrolet Aveo and Chevrolet Optra vehicles because the daytime running lights (DRL) could melt a wiring harness. In the affected vehicles, there may be heat generated in the headlamp switch or daytime running light (DRL) module and the heat could melt the headlamp switch or the DRL module.
Model year 2014 Cadillac CTS vehicles are also recalled because windshield wipers when covered in ice or snow, cause the battery to go dead and needs to be jump started. When jump-started, the wipers are inoperative.
Model year 2015 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV vehicles are recalled because a air bag module is secured to a chute adhered to the backside of the instrument panel with an insufficiently heated infrared weld. This may result in only a partial deployment of the front passenger air bag in the event of a crash.
