At the heart of the G.M. recall of 2.6 million Chevy Cobalts and other models was a tiny metal pin called the detent plunger, which would normally serve to hold the ignition in the “run” position.

A month after agreeing to pay $900 million to settle criminal charges arising from an ignition switch defect, General Motors said Friday it will recall about 3,300 large pickup trucks and SUVs for a ...

General Motors CEO Mary Barra announces GM has reached a settlement in the form of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York regarding the ...

DETROIT — General Motors will pay $120 million to settle claims from dozens of states in its massive ignition switch defect scandal. The settlement comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier ...

GM’s ignition-switch recall may have reached new heights Thursday, with one auto-safety group declaring that 303 people have died as a result of airbags failing to deploy in two of the six cars ...

Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission being shifted into ...

DETROIT - General Motors (GM) says it needs to change or replace the keys for about 3.4 million cars because they could cause the ignition switch to move out of position if they're carrying too much ...

On Thursday, General Motors chief executive Mary Barra met with employees and journalists before they had seen the company's report to federal regulators outlining the problems that led to its ...

One month after agreeing to pay $900 million to settle criminal charges arising from an ignition switch defect, General Motors said today it will recall about 3,300 large pickup trucks and SUVs for a ...

This belief is an ancient one — our oldest print sighting so far dates it to May 1960 when it appeared as the plot of one of the "Gus And The Model Garage" series run in Popular Science. Unlike the ...

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission ...