GM Order Shows Work to Fix Ignition Months Before Recall
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The disclosure of December e-mails by General Motors Co. shows that the company was working on a fix for its faulty ignition switch in December almost two months before it officially recalled the part, which has since been linked to 32 deaths.
The newly released e-mails weren’t in the 315-page report prepared by former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas that Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra called “extremely thorough, brutally tough and deeply troubling” when it was released June