General Motor’s major recall over faulty ignition switches continues to grow as the automaker adds the 2007 Opel GT to the list of affected vehicles, according to a report from the Automotive News.
The NHTSA is investigating why it took General Motors several years to recall 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches, a problem they knew about before the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 went on sale.
Opel announced Thursday it was recalling 2,300 Opel GTs sold in Europe and Russia for a defect in the ignition switches. A spokesperson told Auto News that no accidents or injuries have been linked to the defect in the Opel GT.
The Opel GT joins the list of affected vehicles, including the 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, 2003-2007 Saturn Ion, 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHR, 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice and the 2007 Saturn Sky.
The NHTSA launched an investigation into the situation Wednesday. GM could face a fine of up to $35 million if the safety agency concludes the automaker didn’t issue a recall when it had knowledge the cars were defective.
General Motors North America president, Alan Batey, apologized for the recall Wednesday and assured owners they are working to remedy the problem as quickly as possible.
“Ensuring our customers’ safety is our first order of business,” Batey said in a statement. “We are deeply sorry and we are working to address this issue as quickly as we can.”
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So, am I to believe my 2008 HHR won’t have this problem, and kill me?
No the supplier was changed by 08.
Also if the power is cut just turn the wheel as it still works even with out the power to it.
I would like to know more about the deaths as any car can stall and the steering in the hydraulic cars is even heavier but few people die.
There has been a problem here and GM had been replacing these but the biggest issues were key not being able to be removed from the column.
I have a 08 HHR and know they changed the suppliers buy then. The Columns as a whole were an issue from 05-07.
So Mr Barry says that the customers safety is his first order of business??? Is that in regard to now because its public,or several years ago when obviously it was not!!! Its amazing how the customer is the number one priority after the facts are out. And was it not GM that was taking shots at Toyota over their debacle a while ago. As my parents used to say,people who live in glass houses should not throw stones:)