Posted on 06/04/2014 7:38:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
(Reuters) - General Motors on Tuesday apologized to families of accident victims who have been notified to bring in cars for replacement of defective ignition switches.
"We are deeply sorry to those families who received a recall notice," said GM spokesman Greg Martin in response to questions from Reuters.
GM has recalled 2.6 million of its most popular models to replace a defective switch that it has linked to 13 fatalities. Some families who lost loved ones in fatal crashes have complained that GM should not have sent them notices to bring in cars for repairs.
Terri DiBattista, who lost her 16-year-old daughter Amber Marie Rose in a 2005 Maryland accident involving a Chevrolet Cobalt, told Reuters she received two recall notices from GM last week asking her to bring in the vehicle to fix the ignition switch and power steering. The car was destroyed when Rose crashed into a tree.
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Frankly, I don’t know how they are supposed to keep track of 13 vehicles in a giant pool of millions. I’m sure they just use a standard database of purchased-new cars, and not much else. I have a hard time just ensuring my 100-member datalist is all correct and up to date.
oops!
my bad
It shouldn’t be too hard to determine the VIN numbers of those 13 cars. I’m sure NHTSA has them.
“computers fault”
But all is good GM is up a buck and a quarter today.
Sorry they were caught.
I’m not even sure that legally they would be allowed to take cars off the list. The recall laws likely require that every owner be notified.
Yes. How many of us have gotten recalls for cars we long abandoned?
This is much ado about nothing.
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