Absolutely right, it was reckless on GM’s part and astonishing to me the NHTSA knew about it, met with GM over it and still did nothing.
It looks like Government Motors and their largest shareholder, the UAW are in trouble.
The reason no action was taken was that GM appealed to the WH to get the NTSA off their back. WH wanted to protect Obama’s reputation so pressure applied and no Cobalt’s recalled.