Recall woes follow GM into new year - The Detroit News
Washington — Even on New Year's Day, General Motors couldn't find respite from the ignition switch crisis that shook the automaker from the executive suite on down in 2014. GM announced Thursday that it has recalled 92,000 additional SUVs and... GM and the industry as a whole called back more vehicles last year than in any year in history: more than 63. 5 million industry-wide, according to the firm Stericycle, a company that tracks recalls, in 800 separate campaigns. The total vehicles recalled are more than twice the all-time record set in 2004. For GM, the nightmare began in February, when it recalled 2. 6 million older cars for a bad ignition switch that could cause vehicles to stall and air bags to fail in... Other automakers, watching the GM crisis unfold, began recalling their own vehicles with flaws faster and led to calls by Congress and the Obama administration for sweeping auto safety reforms. At least three major automakers set all-time records for most vehicles recalled in the United States in a single year, led by GM, which recalled the equivalent about 40 percent of all GM vehicles on U. S. roads today. GM issued four new recalls in the final days of 2014, bringing its total in North America to 84 recall campaigns and 26. 95 million vehicles here — 30. 43 million vehicles worldwide. Source: www.detroitnews.com
