Boston, MA 06/19/2014 (wallstreetpr) – U.S lawmakers continue to mount pressure on General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) on revelations that if a series of emails were read’ and necessary action taken, the ignition switch problem could have been sorted’ way before fatalities and accidents occurred. Emails reveal that an employee back in 2005 warned of the possibility of a big recall over the problem.
GM Warned Via Email in 2006
It goes without saying that the automaker Chief; Mary Barra will continue to face increased pressure from the lawmakers, on the sluggish nature in which the automaker has handled the re-calls.
The automaker has already issued 44 recall this year recalling more than 20 million vehicles in the U.S of which 6.5 million are being recalled on the ignition switch problem which could have been sorted out in 2005.
One email reveals that a General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) employee Laura Andres back in 2006 had warned the company’s technicians that her car had stalled and had been advised that the problem could be related to a faulty ignition switch. The 2006 impala car was not recalled until earlier Monday this week as part of 3 million cars that the automaker is recalling.
Mary Barra Shifts Blame from Herself
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) internal investigation has already reported its findings highlighting that a series of incompetence and negligence led to ignoring of warnings about the faulty ignition switches. The report claimed that those responsible either turned a blind eye on the danger of the flaw or did not deem it necessary to share with their superiors
Mary Barra has already removed herself from the blame claiming she did not know of the flaw’ until December 2013 when she was fully briefed in January. The company has already fired 15 employees, as a result, of the problem, but no top level executives have lost their jobs as a result. Lawmakers have already shown their concerns that the number of ignition switch problem could continue to grow.
