Ignition Switches

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  Car Starter Repair At Your Home

  In this article, we will explain the significance of your car's starter motor and the method to replace it if it goes kaput. A starter motor in your car is a small electric motor which is linked to several components like battery, ignition switch, relays, fuses and neutral safety switch.

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  Car Starter Repair At Your Home

  A car's starter motor is a compact and powerful electric motor that turns the engine over to start it at about 200 RPM. It is located at a circuit's terminus and includes the ignition switch, battery, fuses, relays, and a neutral safety switch.

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  GM Wins Victory In Ignition Switch Defect Lawsuits

  General Motors Co persuaded the U.S. federal judge who oversees nationwide litigation over defective ignition switches to narrow claims by owners who said their vehicles lost value because of the defect, which has been linked to 124 deaths. In a decision late on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said owners in three "bellwether" s...

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  Judge Tosses General Motors Settlement On Ignition Switch

  Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York said the agreement that car owners had reached with a trust that holds many GM liabilities from before its 2009 bankruptcy was not valid without signatures.

• Deaths Linked to General Motors Ignition-Switch Defect Rise to 27

  A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors vehicles has approved three new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 27, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program

• General Motors Raises Ignition-Switch Death Toll to 24

  General Motors has raised its ignition-switch death toll as compensation claims flood into the automaker following its long-delayed recall of millions of flawed cars.

• General Motors Recalls 717,950 Vehicles in US, Not for Ignition Switches

  General Motors Co on Wednesday announced six recalls covering 717,950 vehicles in the United States for varying reasons, although none were related to ignition switch issues.

• GM Employees Under Probe For Defective Ignition Switch: Report

  U.S. prosecutors are interviewing present and former General Motors Co employees as part of the criminal probe into the automaker's ignition-switch problem that has been linked to at least 13 deaths, two sources said.

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  GM Recalls Another 2.6 Million Vehicles

  General Motors said on Tuesday it is recalling another 2.6 million vehicles globally, raising the number of vehicles it has recalled so far this year to almost 15.4 million. The four recalls are the latest announced by the largest U.S. automaker, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least ...

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  General Motors to Pay $35 million U.S. Fine for Delayed Response

  General Motors Co was slapped on Friday with a $35 million U.S. fine for its delayed response to an ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles, as federal regulators accused a long line of company officials of concealing a problem that is linked to at least 13 deaths.

• U.S. fines General Motors for not answering recall questions

  General Motors is being fined $7,000 a day for missing an April 3 deadline to provide information about its recall of 2.6 million cars for defective ignition switches, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.

• US fines General Motors for not answering recall questions

  General Motors is being fined $7,000 a day for missing an April 3 deadline to provide information about its recall of 2.6 million cars for defective ignition switches, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.

• General Motors accused of 'criminal' behaviour over ignition fault

  Senators accused General Motors of "criminal deception" over a decade-long ignition problem linked to 13 deaths, as the US automaker's boss faced a second straight day of congressional anger today.

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  CEO Barra calls GM's actions on deadly defect 'unacceptable'

  General Motors Co CEO Mary Barra on Tuesday called her company's slow response to faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths "unacceptable," but could not give U.S. lawmakers many answers as to what went wrong.

• General Motors boss 'deeply sorry' after deadly crashes

  Conceding company officials knew of their cars' potentially deadly ignition switches for years, GM chief Mary Barra apologized on Tuesday and said the automaker had a "civic responsibility" to make things right.