EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
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CR-02712.07.MMXXVI

I approved an ignition switch that could slip out of run and cut power to the airbags. When we understood the defect, we changed the part without changing the part number — which hid it from every investigation that followed. People died in cars we knew how to fix.

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Source US House Energy & Commerce hearing record — "The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Investigation Update" (2014)

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Safety neglectDeceptive design

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