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GM waited years to inform consumers of potentially deadly defects

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Post by Ben Reilly Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:18 am

"It took General Motors more than a decade to warn the public that more than 2.6 million of its cars had faulty ignition switches.

"Now documents posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website show that GM also waited years to recall more than 300,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failure — despite receiving thousands of consumer complaints and claims for warranty repairs.

"The documents also show that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation about the defective power steering systems more than two years ago.
"But the government regulator did not seek a recall, after finding the problem caused a dozen crashes and two injuries."

The anti-government intervention crowd would have us accept "reputation" as a sufficient regulator of business practices.

Would you like to have been one of those to bring public attention to the danger of GM automobiles?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/19/304944640/gm-was-slow-to-recall-saturn-cars-with-steering-flaw
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