Posted on 06/13/2014 6:53:16 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) recalled 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros on Friday for an ignition switch problem similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in Chevrolet Cobalts and other models.
GM said it was aware of minor accidents but no fatalities from the Camaro, a sporty two-door car. It said the Camaro switch defect differed from the problem in the Cobalts, but a consumer advocate said GM still should have recalled the Camaros sooner.
GM said a driver's knee could bump the Camaro key fob and move the ignition switch out of the "run" position, causing the engine to shut off.
The earlier recall of Cobalts and other small cars involved an ignition switch in which a bump of the key fob could turn off the engine, disabling power steering and airbags.
That defect, first observed by GM engineers in 2002, was not reported to consumers for years. Chief Executive Mary Barra in recent months overhauled the way GM handles safety recalls.
The Camaro recall bloats the number of GM vehicles summoned back for switch-related problems to more than 3.1 million as Barra prepares to return to Congress next week to give more testimony on the earlier recall.
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Maybe they should just put the damned thing back on the dashboard where it belongs.
LMAO
LOL
Good thing this isn’t floor mats or we would be hearing about this 24/7 on the news.
No, no, no....... CORE Al Qaeda is dead.
A fine line has been drawn between core AQ and AQ. It is a lawyerly line that exists in talking points but not reality
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