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New documents released for the first time show General Motors reported to the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration in 2007 that airbags were not deploying. But NHTSA did not release that information, and GM ordered no recall. Jeff Glor reports.
Investigators released a highly critical report on the delayed General Motors recalls, targeting GM and government regulators. Jeff Glor has been covering this story extensively and has the details.
General Motors is bracing for a major financial hit after another big recall. Mary Barra, the carmaker's new CEO, admitted something went "very wrong" with the company's safety efforts. CBS News' Don Dahler reports.
The Justice Department is reportedly looking to whether General Motors broke any laws in the recall stemming from an ignition switch. Charlie Rose reports.
Brooke Melton died in a car crash after complaining that her Chevy Cobalt's engine shut off while driving. Her death is not among the cases GM has linked to the defect. While the company has acknowledged front impact crashes, when airbags haven’t deployed, Melton was hit on the side. Jeff Glor reports.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold hearings into why GM announced recalls in 2014 when they knew about the problem with ignition switches in many compact cars in 2004. "CBS This Morning" special correspondent Jeff Glor reports.
Carmakers are required to notify the government within five days of discovering a safety defect, but CBS News obtained a service advisory showing GM knew about problems with ignition switches a decade before it announced a recall. The government is demanding GM answer 107 questions about what the company knew and when. Jeff Glor reports.
Mary Barra, who became the first woman to run a major car company in January, made her first comments about GM's recall of more than 1.6 million cars. In an email to GM employees, Barra said she deeply regretted the circumstances and ordered an internal review. Jeff Glor reports.
General Motors issues another apology Thursday for its failure to act earlier to recall 1.5 million cars with faulty ignition switches. The issue is linked to 31 crashes and 13 deaths. Anthony Mason reports.
General Motors is nearly doubling the number of vehicles it is recalling to fix ignition switches that can shut off engines and cause crashes. The recall now includes five additional models and totals nearly 1.4 million vehicles. The problem has been linked to 31 crashes and 13 deaths. Jeff Glor reports.
Last week, General Motors said it was recalling more than 700,000 vehicles after six people were killed in accidents related to a problem with the ignition switch. But lawyers for the family of one person killed in a Chevy Cobalt charge GM knew about the defect in 2004. Jeff Glor reports.
Texas jury found that a General Motors Co. ignition switch was not to blame for a 2011 accident that killed one driver and injured another
Faulty ignition switches are responsible for crashes that killed more than a hundred people and injured hundreds of others
Laura Christian's 16-year-old daughter Amber died inside a Chevy Cobalt when the airbag failed to go off in a 2005 crash. No recall was issued at the time, and the news never reached the public because Amber's adoptive parents reached a settlement
U.S. won't prosecute automaker after plea deal and hefty fine for hiding defect tied to 124 deaths. Critics wanted tougher take
After company agrees to pay almost $1.5 billion, Mary Barra says it's committed to change following controversy over ignition switches blamed in more than 100 deaths
Federal official says deal would resolve a criminal probe into how General Motors handled defective ignition switches
Faulty wiring in some of the vehicles could prevent a driver's side air bag from deploying
Automaker recalled 2.6 million cars last year, but acknowledged it knew about problems with the switches for more than a decade
Family of first ignition switch victim says GM never told them death was linked to the problem
Compensation fund received 4,342 claims by the Jan. 31 deadline, and about 15 percent of the claims are still under review
Attorney updates list of families to be compensated from auto manufacturer
Compensation fund received 4,343 claims by the Jan. 31 deadline; of those, 1,571 are under review and 742 were deemed ineligible
Death toll climbs to 57 from crashes involving GM cars with defective ignition switches
Each death claim is worth at least $1 million under guidelines established by compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg
