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New Lawsuit Claims GM Should Widen Ignition Switch Recall
A new lawsuit filed in San Francisco claims the defective ignition switch General Motors Co. is recalling isn't the only flaw the company should fix.
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A new lawsuit filed in San Francisco claims the defective ignition switch General Motors Co. is recalling isn't the only flaw the company should fix.
The location of the switch itself makes it too easy for the driver's knee to bump the key out of the "on" position, according to the lawsuit, which was filed by a coalition of nine law firms. The complaint says GM should broaden the recall beyond the 1.6 million GM intends to fix to cover other models with ignition switches in the same location.
The claim, which hopes for class-action status, also asserts that merely upgrading switches in the recalled vehicles won't address the knee-bump issue.
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