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www dot nytimes/2014/07/16/business/documents-show-general-motors-kept-silent-on-fatal-crashes.
In depth article that lets you know that the GM attorney is liable to be in some DEEP doodoo if he does not have the "right" answers. Watch the way the wind blows!!

GM has long since lost integrity with its dealer body, the public can not be far behind. Thankfully, our sales have not suffered yet (in our area).

Sadly, people have lost their lives due to what amounts to a CYA mentality, and that is the bottom line. Pitiful for the consumer, shameful and irresponsible on the part of GM.

Update!!!! The last paragraph pretty much sums it up!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Thursday demanded General Motors fire its chief lawyer and open its compensation plan to more potential victims as a Senate subcommittee delved deeper into deadly recalls.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who chairs the subcommittee, praised GM CEO Mary Barra, saying she "has stepped up and with courage and conviction has confronted the problem head on and the corporate culture that caused it."
But McCaskill said GM's corporate counsel, Michael Milliken, should be fired based on the conclusions of an internal report by outside attorney Anton Valukas. The report found that GM's legal staff acted too slowly to share details of settlements it was making and didn't tell engineers or top executives about mounting problems with ignition switches.
"How in the world, in the aftermath of this report, did Michael Milliken keep his job?" McCaskill asked.
Milliken was seated next to Barra as McCaskill spoke. Barra defended him as a man of "tremendously high integrity."
In his prepared testimony, Milliken said he only learned about the ignition switch problems in February and acted quickly once he did.
"We had lawyers at GM who didn't do their jobs, didn't do what was expected of them. Those lawyers are no longer with the company," Milliken said.
GM recalled 2.6 million small cars beginning in February because their ignition switches can fall out of the "run" position, causing the engines to stall and shutting off the air bags, power steering and other critical functions.
GM has admitted that it knew about the faulty switches for more than a decade before recalling the cars. The recall has led to an unprecedented safety review within the company, which has since issued 54 separate recalls for 29 million vehicles.
Compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg is administering a plan for victims' families, and will begin taking claims Aug. 1. Feinberg was the first to testify Thursday.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Feinberg if the compensation plan should be expanded to cover victims of other recalls, specifically a June 30 recall of 8.2 million older large cars with ignition key defects.
But Feinberg said it's not up to him which vehicles to include.
Blumenthal added that he believes an ongoing Justice Department investigation will find evidence of "cover-up, concealment, deceit and even fraud" among GM's legal team.

cover-up, concealment, deceit and even fraud"

That sounds just like our government, how can the criminals investigate the criminals?

X476 wrote:cover-up, concealment, deceit and even fraud"

That sounds just like our government, how can the criminals investigate the criminals?

LMAO........ Oh so true. The fox has been counting the chickens for years!

"cover-up, concealment, deceit and even fraud" among GM's legal team.
Had a discussion about this with one of our sales managers. Comment back was "oh it goes deeper than that".
You might have your DP start checking the "inservice date" on your used cars from GM auction. Seems they have a habit of changing, sometimes by months, from the inservice date givin at the time of sale as apposed to what is "actual". I don't see any can of worms here, unless the customer finds out!