“I request your immediate attention and action concerning severe harms — and reprehensible ongoing risks — resulting from serious defects in many GM cars,” he wrote Barra. “I have reviewed the language of several of the recall notices, and I find that it fails to reflect the immediate, clear safety threat caused by the defects.”
Also Thursday, an emergency hearing has been set for next week in Texas on a class-action lawsuit demanding that GM vehicles be parked immediately.
Texas lawyer Bob Hilliard represents 15 families affected by 15 deaths in a lawsuit against GM. The suit alleges that the recalled vehicles on the road are a public safety issue and will lead to more injuries or deaths. He wants a federal court to order them off the road.
U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos will hear the emergency motion on April 4 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In setting the hearing date, GM argued the emergency motion was not necessary or appropriate, said Hilliard of Hilliard Munoz Gonzales.
GM has sent recall notices to owners of the affected 2003-7 Saturn Ions, 2005-7 Chevrolet Cobalts and other vehicles with a potentially defective ignition switch that can be jostled out of position, possibly disabling air bag deployment.
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