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Originally Posted by TxBandit911
The media is on a witch hunt, that's the bottom line.
What is it, 14 deaths related to the ignition issue? Out of 2.5 million vehicles, that's actually not bad at all. What a ratio like that I can't help but think, how many of those people would have crashed at some point regardless. We already went over how engine stalling doesn't equal instant crash, and no the steering wheel would not lock, its already been stated that the ignition was to easy to turn to acc. Hanging 10lbs of shit from your key is something I've known not to do since the 80s, as it can cause ignition problems. This crap has just gotten out of hand. These morons keep talking about this .57 fix, but think about it, GM didn't have any friggin money, multiply .57 by 2.5 million...
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No, the bottom line is that the fix would have cost GM an additional 90 cents per vehicle (
http://business.financialpost.com/20...ust-1-per-car/). More than a dozen people died and we don't know how many were injured just to save a few cents. This is despicable and people need to be punished.
Sadly, GM first discovered this issue in 2001, years before any of these vehicles ever hit the road. They had the opportunity to fix this:
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/297158...-switch-defect .