Two families who settled with General Motors over fatal crashes linked to faulty ignition switches are considering trying to overturn the agreements, after the company disclosed it had known about the issue for years.
Daily Archives: March 30, 2014
2 more recalls push GM total to 4.8M in a month
General Motors announced two more recalls late Friday, bringing to 4.8 million the number of cars, trucks and SUVs the automaker has called back for repairs in the past month.
NHTSA recalling 656 Cadillac ELR extended range electric vehicles over calibration of Electronic Brake Control Module
GM is recalling 656 model year 2014 Cadillac ELR vehicles not equipped with adaptive cruise control and manufactured 26 September 2013 through 14 February 2014, and equipped without Adaptive Cruise Control. (NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V-144; GM’s number for this recall is 14087.)
989,701 vehicle Nissan recall over seat software fault
Nissan is recalling approximately 989,701 model year 2013-2014 Altima, LEAF, Pathfinder, and Sentra, model year 2013 NV200 (aka Taxi) and Infiniti JX35 and model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 and QX60 vehicles. There are 29,165 LEAFs involved in the recall.
NHTSA closes investigation of Tesla battery fires
The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog, NHTSA, has closed an investigation into Tesla electric car battery fires after the company said it would install more shields beneath the cars.
