Pre-emptive measures: GM recalls half a million Camaros
ignition switch problem similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in Chevrolet Cobalts and other models.
DETROIT:
General Motors has recalled 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros for an ignition switch problem similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in Chevrolet Cobalts and other models. GM said it was aware of minor accidents but no fatalities from the Camaro, a sporty two-door car. It said the Camaro switch defect differed from the problem in the Cobalts, but a consumer advocate said GM still should have recalled the Camaros sooner. GM said a driver’s knee could bump the Camaro key fob and move the ignition switch out of the run position, causing the engine to shut off. The earlier recall of Cobalts and other small cars involved an ignition switch in which a bump of the key fob could turn off the engine, disabling power steering and airbags. That defect, first observed by GM engineers in 2002, was not reported to consumers for years.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 15th, 2014.
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