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Barra to Testify on GM Ignition Switch Recall
General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra has been called to testify before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 1 about the company's tardy recall of 1.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches.
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General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra has been called to testify before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 1 about the company's tardy recall of 1.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches.
The committee also has asked David Friedman, acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to testify.
The underlying question for both is why their organizations didn't order a recall at least a decade ago when they became aware of the defect. GM and NHTSA are scheduled on Tuesday to provide the committee with answers to extensive questionnaires delving into who did or didn't do what, and when.
Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) acknowledges that neither Barra nor Friedman was in charge of their organizations when the saga began. He says the hearing's goal is to better understand the process that largely ignored the defect until GM's recall was announced last month.
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