GM Has Fixed 154K of 2.9M Vehicles in Ignition Recall
General Motors has only repaired a small fraction of the 2.59-million vehicles that are part of the massive ignition switch recall.
U.S. congressional investigators have revealed that GM has repaired 154,731 cars worldwide for the defective ignition switch that is tied to at least 13 deaths. The American automaker has shipped a total of 396,253 repair kits globally and expects all repair parts will be manufactured by October 4.
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[Source: Automotive News]
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