All the headlines from our General Motors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 1 2014 // Several hundred claims are expected to be filed at the start of a GM-financed program being launched Friday to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch on some of its vehicles, lawyers say.General Motors Co. in April...
Jul 21 2014 // General Motors Co. is the first big automaker to support legislation barring rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles subject to a recall.GM’s support was announced by bill author Sen. Charles Schumer,...
Jul 2 2014 // General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, said one person died and eight people were taken to the hospital after a “small” chemical explosion at a factory near Fort Wayne, Indiana.Emergency officials...
Jul 1 2014 // In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world’s largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars.In one meeting, both sides were enthusiastic...
Jun 26 2014 // General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday more recalls are possible as the No. 1 U.S. automaker grapples with a series of safety problems that have prompted the recall of 20 million cars.Barra’s...
Jun 19 2014 // General Motors Co. may end up compensating many more people than the families of 13 victims it has linked to a faulty ignition switch, as it considers waiving key legal defenses in order to resolve injury and death cases...
Jun 10 2014 // General Motors Co.’s lawyers have said the carmaker will face punitive damages over ignition switch defects if its customers go to trial, creating an urgent need to settle lawsuits.The automaker, which has said it...
Jun 9 2014 // Plaintiffs’ lawyers scouring General Motors Co.’s report on its handling of faulty ignition switches that have been tied to 13 deaths say they are finding details that could bolster their negligence cases.Last...
Jun 5 2014 // A 325-page report on General Motors Co.’s mishandling of a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years – from lawyers who failed to heed warnings the company could be liable...
Jun 5 2014 // An internal probe of General Motors Co.’s delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths is expected to conclude there was no concerted coverup and clear senior management of...
Jun 3 2014 // An independent used-car dealer in Arkansas is seeking compensation from General Motors Co. for being saddled with “highly dangerous vehicles” that include cars not yet recalled over ignition-switch...
May 27 2014 // General Motors Co. has now linked 47 crashes to small cars with defective ignition switches while saying it hasn’t increased the number of deaths tied to the accidents.“We have done a thorough analysis of all...
May 23 2014 // A bankruptcy judge’s decision that a General Motors Co. customer failed to state a valid claim against the estate of so-called Old GM was upheld by a federal judge in Manhattan. Such rulings don’t get...
May 16 2014 // When Ford Motor Co. recalled 600,000 sport-utility vehicles last week, it became the fourth carmaker this year to acknowledge an issue with malfunctioning air bags.So far in 2014, automakers in the U.S. have recalled about...
May 8 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...
May 5 2014 // A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in some older model small cars.Kenneth Feinberg confirmed in an interview with The...
Apr 25 2014 // Former General Motors Co chief executives should be called to testify to the U.S. Congress about the company’s slow response to defective ignition switches in cars that have been linked to at least 13 deaths, a...
Apr 23 2014 // General Motors Co.’s request for court protection from 50 car-owner lawsuits seeking compensation for millions of recalled autos with defective ignition switches was attacked as legally...
Apr 23 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. in California over ignition-switch defects linked to 13 deaths was put on hold until a bankruptcy judge in New York rules on whether some compensation claims can be brought without...
Apr 22 2014 // General Motors Co. filed a motion in a U.S. bankruptcy court to enforce a bar on lawsuits related to ignition defects in cars sold before its 2009 bankruptcy as it fights a class action lawsuit that seeks to set aside the...