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Nissan Recalls 166,000 Vehicles in North America Over Ignition Switch Problem
Nissan Recalls 166,000 Vehicles in North America Over Ignition Switch Problem

31 Aug 2018, 16:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 153,000 vehicles in the United States and 13,000 in Canada are being recalled over a problem similar to the General Motors ignition switch saga

 
GM Settles Investigation Over Ignition Switch Saga With $1 Million Civil Penalty
GM Settles Investigation Over Ignition Switch Saga With $1 Million Civil Penalty

19 Jan 2017, 10:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Almost three years since the U.S. SEC opened an investigation into General Motors over the ignition switch recalls, GM finally made ends meet

 
2017 Toyota 86 Recalled Over Automatic Transmission Key Interlock
2017 Toyota 86 Recalled Over Automatic Transmission Key Interlock

20 Dec 2016, 05:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The same defect that led to the recall of 26,000 Scion FR-S vehicles now affects a small batch of 2017 Toyota 86 vehicles. Coincidence?

 
General Motors Is Cleared of Charges In Second Lawsuit, Jury Was Unanimous
General Motors Is Cleared of Charges In Second Lawsuit, Jury Was Unanimous

26 Aug 2016, 09:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / GM has had three ignition switch cases go to court this year, and the latest was also a victory for the corporation. Another lawsuit is scheduled in September

 
GM CEO Mary Barra On Ignition Switch Saga: “A Series of Mistakes Were Made”
GM CEO Mary Barra On Ignition Switch Saga: “A Series of Mistakes Were Made”

16 Aug 2016, 14:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A recent case brought up a video testimony of Mary Barra from 2015, in which the big kahuna of General Motors admits that GM works in mysterious ways

 
VW of America Hired a Famous Lawyer to Deal with Dieselgate Compensation
VW of America Hired a Famous Lawyer to Deal with Dieselgate Compensation

18 Dec 2015, 09:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ken Feinberg, a famous American lawyer known for dealing with high-profile cases, was hired by Volkswagen to deal with Dieselgate settlements

 
GM Fined $900 Million Over Ignition Switch Recall, Over $600 Million for the Casualties and Injured
GM Fined $900 Million Over Ignition Switch Recall, Over $600 Million for the Casualties and Injured

18 Sep 2015, 16:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors Co. confirmed that the company has reached a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

 
GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility Update: 104 Death Claims are Eligible
GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility Update: 104 Death Claims are Eligible

20 May 2015, 13:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The General Motors Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility informs that 104 death claims are eligible. 495 applications remain to be reviewed

 
GM Ignition Switch Defect-related Death Toll Reaches 97 Eligible Claims
GM Ignition Switch Defect-related Death Toll Reaches 97 Eligible Claims

6 May 2015, 08:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 97 deaths, 12 Category and 167 Category 2 claims have been approved until now by the General Motors Ignition Switch Compensation Fund

 
GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility: 74 Fatalities Out of 200 Eligible Cases
GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility: 74 Fatalities Out of 200 Eligible Cases

29 Mar 2015, 14:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As of March 20th, 2015, the GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility approved 74 cases of fatalities out of 200 eligible claims

 
Chrysler Recall On Ignition Switch Goes From Bad to Worse
Chrysler Recall On Ignition Switch Goes From Bad to Worse

10 Mar 2015, 09:17 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / FCA is revising a previously announced recall of 700k minivans and SUVs, saying that owners should replace their ignition switches

 
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Tally as of February, 2015: 56 Deceased, 87 Injured
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Tally as of February, 2015: 56 Deceased, 87 Injured

20 Feb 2015, 13:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the first ignition switch recall was announced last year, GM founded the Ignition Compensation Fund. Still, applications are still going strong

 
GM Ignition Switch Saga Turning Point - Delphi Turns Over Evidence to Lawyers
GM Ignition Switch Saga Turning Point - Delphi Turns Over Evidence to Lawyers

14 Nov 2014, 11:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It all started on an unfortunate day back in February. General Motors announced it’s recalling 1.3 million cars assembled between 2002 and 2007 for a potential fault with the ignition switch a...

 
GM Ordered Replacement Ignition Switches Months Before Filing for the First February Recall
GM Ordered Replacement Ignition Switches Months Before Filing for the First February Recall

10 Nov 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It pains every petrolhead out there to face the cold truth, but GM did a lot of condemnable acts in recent years. Of course, we are referring to the mad cost-cutting of the early 2000s, which ultima...

 
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Approves 27 Death Claims So Far
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Approves 27 Death Claims So Far

15 Oct 2014, 06:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So far this year, the automotive world has seen many new highs such as the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the Mercedes-AMG GT. But like all aspects of modern life, the good things are oftenly...

 
Does Mary Barra Deserve to Be On the Cover of Time Magazine?
Does Mary Barra Deserve to Be On the Cover of Time Magazine?

26 Sep 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the so-called 'GM Recall Saga' might not ring a bell to people that don't watch TV regularly or aren't that much into the auto industry, the aforementioned is considered by...

 
GM Approved Compensation for 19 Death Claims
GM Approved Compensation for 19 Death Claims

16 Sep 2014, 11:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Many of you are already aware of the infamous General Motors recall saga. Out of all recalled vehicles, the most notorious are the ones that suffer from glitchy ignition switches, a defect that was ...

 
GM Received 152 Reports of Problematic Saturn VUE Vehicles Covered in a Previous Recall
GM Received 152 Reports of Problematic Saturn VUE Vehicles Covered in a Previous Recall

5 Sep 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / About a month ago we reported that General Motors announced 5 recall campaigns, with the biggest of the lot involving 202,115 units of the 2002 - 2004 Saturn VUE crossover. Fast-forward a month sinc...

 
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Received 100 Death Claims to Date
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Received 100 Death Claims to Date

26 Aug 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little over two weeks after we reported that General Motors' Ignition Compensation Fund received 65 death claims, a consultant said that the figure soared to 100 fatally injured involved in c...

 
GM Dealers Urged to Stop Offering Promotional Key Ring Tags
GM Dealers Urged to Stop Offering Promotional Key Ring Tags

19 Aug 2014, 16:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember that recall GM announced back in June? If you don't, we'll remind you that the entire Chevrolet Camaro production run from the 2010 - 2014 model years has been recalled because th...