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Date
GM
Leadership
GM Workers
Suppliers
Government
Customers
vehicles to
TSB (2007
Ion, Sky,
HHR,
Solstice, G5)
hired Indiana
Univ.
Transportation
Research
Center to
investigate Wis.
crash
2007
March – GM
and NHTSA
met regarding
general airbag
deployment
and started
tracking front
impact
crashes
April – Indiana
Univ. provides
draft SCI report
to NHTSA
noting power
mode as
“accessory”
September –
NHTSA’s ODI
propos an
investigation
into pattern of
airbag non-
deployments
November –
ODI reports no
pattern and
closes study
August – GM met with
Continental (maker of SDM) to
examine black box data in Wis.
crash
2008
2009
CEO
Frederick A.
“Fritz”
Henderson
(3/30/09-
12/1/09)
June 1 –
GM filed for
bankruptcy
February –
GM starts
another study
of ignition
issues and
redesigns key
for 2010
Cobalt
GM suspects
that power
mode affected
airbag
deployment
May – PA.
crash
Continental
(maker of
SDM) gave
black box data
to GM
May – SCI
investigated
Elliot/Matthews
case and
reported no
known cause
for the failed
airbag
deployment;
power mode
was in
“accessory”
April crash:
Elliot &
Matthews
2005 Cobalt
Pennsylvania
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Date
GM
Leadership
GM Workers
Suppliers
Government
Customers
DeGiorgio
tells team that
there were no
ignition
switch
changes
related to
power
2010
CEO
Edward
Whitacre, Jr
(12/1/09-
9/1/10)
GM was
again
profitable
NHTSA ODI
again reviewed
Cobalt issues
but reported no
trend
Legal cases
referenced
airbag non-
deployment
“anomalies“
March
crash:
Melton
2005 Cobalt
Georgia
2011
CEO Dan
Akerson
(9/1/10-
1/15/14)
January – GM
Legal inquired
into airbag
“anomaly”
July – GM
Legal
investigation
did nothing
for 2.5 years
(GM Nod)
junkyard
13
Date
GM
Leadership
GM Workers
Suppliers
Government
Customers
vehicles for
torque issues
2003-2007
fail below 10
N-cm
2007 and later
fail below 15
N-cm
June –
DeGiorgio
states in
writing that he
made no
changes to
affect the
torque in 2006
September –
GM Red-X
team finds no
cars to test
why switch
differed by
model year
2013
October –
Delphi
produced
documentation
regarding the
April 2006
change in part
14
Date
GM
Leadership
GM Workers
Suppliers
Government
Customers
results to
EFADC
(recall team)
First meeting
of EFADC
ended with
questions
2014
CEO Mary
Barra
(1/15/14 to
current)
83 recalls
for the year
affected
over 30
million
vehicles
Recall costs
top $4.1
billion
January –
EFADC
considered a
recall for
2005-2007
Cobalts and
G5s
February 13 –
EFADC
issued recall
for 2005-2007
Cobalts and
G5s
February 25 –
EFADC
issued recall
for 2003-2007
March 4 –
NHTSA opens
timeliness
query into GM
delayed recall
March 21 –
transportation
secretary Foxx
asks DOT to
investigate
NHTSA
oversight of
GM
April 1 – First
Congressional
Hearing on GM
June 18 –
June –
Melton case
reopened
successfully
November
–
Anderson’s
2004
criminal
charges
dropped
15
Date
GM
Leadership
GM Workers
Suppliers
Government
Customers
November –
Judge rules that
GM keeps
bankruptcy
protection
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