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And then there are these car crashes that ensue after that. i want to put a list four what these compact car models are because theres some new models on the list. you can see them there. this is the chevy cobalt, pontiac g5, pontiac pursuit and some other names. general motors is saying they are sorry. this is what the company is saying. ensuring our customers safety is our first issue. if youre driving one of these cars youre instructed to take off the key chain, just use the key and contact t...

Morning. general motors announcing it is expanding its recall for faulty ignition switches to include 1.4 million vehicles. it is now linked to some 31 crashes. the number of deaths has now been revised up to 13. we want to bring in mike austin. lets talk about this. it doubled. the numbers have increased, theres more models involved. tell us about the significance and the size of this recall. is it unprecedented? >> its not, but the size is huge. based on between 2013, to be the second largest ...

Is switching off. the switch is faulty. >> and it disables the airbags? >> right. gm is saying take everything off the key ring, including the key fob, the remote. if you have any issue, go to a dealer because you shouldnt be driving it if you actually have the incident. >> are they changing the ignition switch? >> yeah. the original recall had to do with a part that was out of spec. they didnt realize there was a problem with it. but they wont have the parts until april. if your car is part of ...

Not wearing seat belts and that alcohol may have also been a factor in some of these accidents. carol, the cobalt pontiac g 5 those cars not made any more. these are older low cost cars valued at less than $4,000. people looking for a deal who bought them important to be aware of these problems. if you own one of them the dealer will replace the ignition switch, take knit to a dealer. >> alison kosik, many thanks. still to come a tennessee couple is dead after a package bomb explodes inside thei...

Ignition switch and the air bags dont deploy in the accidents. gm said certain things tend to trigger this and the switch is being jarred in some way. heres something interesting that is causing that to happen. if you have a heavy key ring and tons of key chains and they are causing this jarring action in the switch, that can cause the mall function as well. what gm is saying in the cases of the fatalities, some were not wearing their seatbelts and alcohol may have been a factor. if you have one...

The train to derail. now president obama is expected to soon sign the bill to raise the debt court of appealing for the next 13 months that bill passed in the senate along party lines 55-43, avoiding a government default on its debt. general motors is recalling nearly 780,000 older compact cars because of a faulty ignition switch. the company says 22 crashes resulted from the problem. six people have died from that. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." never content to res...

Deaths were linked to crashes. a faulty ignition switch that can cause the engine to shut off. alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange to tell us more. >> reporter: this recall involving 778,000 vehicles specifically chevy cobalt and pontiac g 5s that were made between 2005 and 2007. true weve seen bigger recalls but heres whats scary about this one. six people died because of the problem with the ignition switch that causes two potential problems here. the engine can unexpectedly tu...

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Every year. >> well, count me as skeptical. >> reporter: critics insist toyotas multiple recalls were far too slow in coming. the toyota and nhtsa were away of problems with stuck gas pedals as early as 2003. the biggest recall involved ford in 1996, 7.9 million vehicles were recalled because of a fire-prone ignition switch. well, with nhtsa on the hot seat today, the department of transportation also released some good news to at least temp earp the nhtsa news and that good news is that in 2009...

Too slow in coming. toyota and nhtsa were aware of the stuck gas pedales in 2003. the largest recall on record of 3.8 million. the biggest recall involved ford in 1996 because of a fire prone ignition switch. with nhtsa on the hot seat, the department of transportation released some good news to temper the nhtsa news. that is in 2009 there were far fewer total fatalities on the nations roads than ever before, since 1956. in fact, 10,000 fewer in just five years. certainly cars are a lot safer to...