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Information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> reporter: five employees have now been reprimanded, 15 fired including design engineer ray degiorgio. he order add design change to the ignition switch in 2006 yet did not change the part number or note fay existing car owners of the defective switch. in a wrongful death lawsuit degiorgio denied ordering the change. >> i am not aware of this change. >> reporter: the report found his ac...

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Fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> reporter: 15 gm employees, including senior executives, fired. five others disciplined and evidence the ignition problems were flagged as early as 1999. the engineer, who designed it, called it the switch from hell. but the investigation found no evidence of a cover-up and cleared barra of any wrongdoing. a point shes stood by since the beginning. >> you claim that never once did this ever cross your desk in the ...

Dedicated our lives to this company, it is enormously painful to see our shortcomings laid out so vividly. as i read the report i was deeply saddened and disturbed. what voluckas found in this situation was a pattern of incompetence and neglect. repeatedly individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> barra says gm will compensate those injured or killed by the defective cars but d...

At least 13 deaths. former federal prosecutor anton valukas today will release his findings addressing the corporate culture at general motors and how it may have worked to keep the danger under wraps for a decade. now, ken and beth melton say it was a faulty switch that led to their daughter, brookes, death in 2010. they settled their initial claims against the company but have asked to reopen the case, saying gm hid evidence from them. that is something that general motors denies, but the melt...

The automaker admits 13 people died. gms list only includes frontal crashes where airbags didnt inflate. >> general motors says 13 deaths, 47 crashes. >> theyre playing with numbers. they dont count brookes death and shes dead because of that ignition switch. >> ms. barra, is brooke melton included in general motors death count? yes or no? >> to my knowledge, no. >> no? >> it was a side impact. >> her death has not been counted. it means like it doesnt matter. >> reporter: ken melton still keeps...

Attorney gave cnn the deposition of ray degorgio who denied changing the ignition switch. >> there was never a work order outlining this spring. >> so if any such change was made, it was made without your knowledge and authorization? >> that is correct. >> reporter: but in 2006 degorgio signed this form authorizing a fix to the ignition switch making it harder to turn inadvertently. >> you know that he lied under oath? >> the data thats been put in front of me indicates that but im waiting for t...

Long delays before the company finally recalled cars for a dangerous defect. faulty ignition switches, now linked to at least 13 deaths. former federal prosecutor anton valukas today will release his findings addressing the corporate culture at gm and how it may have worked to keep the danger under wraps for a decade. ken and beth melton say a faulty switch led to their daughter, brookes, death in 2010. they settled their initial claims against the company but have asked to reopen the case, sayi...

The new cycle begins with an explanation, but few specifics from gms new ceo about those deadly ignition switch defects. mary barra whos been on the job about five months told reporters this morning that the company suffered from incompetence and neglect. she didnt offer details as to why the problem dragged out for 11 years. >> well, clearly there were a number of safety recalls that occurred over this period. some fairly significant. i wish i had known. the minute we knew, we took action. i be...

Recalled also joins us. >> poppy, there was more than just words involved here. what actions did mary barra take? >> reporter: those two words you reiterated stood out to me, carol, a pattern of incompetence and neglect at that giant automaker for 11 years. she said that never once did the fact that this ignition switch was deadly reach the highest levels of the company. she took action. she said they have dismissed 15 people at general motors that are tied to this ignition switch defect and the...