General Motors' deadly ignition switch flaws emerged from an effort to improve its cars. As the company began developing new small cars in the late 1990s, it listened to customers who complained about ...

More than 10 years after the defect was detected, General Motors issued recalls for several models suspected of having a faulty switch. The... In February, General Motors issued sweeping recalls for ...

On February 13, 2014, General Motors issued a voluntary recall of 619,122 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s to correct a defective ignition switch. Less than two weeks later, it recalled more than 1 ...