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Everybody involved was shocked at what we saw. >> were these concerns of yours that you believed to have been potentially catastrophic of the same kind or were they of a wide variety. >> a wide variety, anything from spewing gas into the engine compartment to the rear end falling out of the vehicle. this was a simple test being done. we werent -- these cars werent going over anything that a normal car wouldnt go over in the first week of ownership, so it was steering gear linkage, you name it. i...

So we dont want to stop with being part of that compensation plan. >> mrs. melton, what is it you still need to know? what is it you think is a remaining mystery with regard to this case? >> we do not feel like it stopped with the engineers that have been let go from general motors. we think that more people from the company knew and we hope the justice department is able to get that information. we would love to see criminal prosecution against anyone who broke the law. >> where mr. mcaleer jus...

Enough to come out and have the integrity to come out. i applaud his bravery for coming forward, and his persistance in trying to get the board and other managers and people in leadership positions to come and notice what he is doing and understand what hes trying to tell them but it looks like that didnt happen. >> finally, as gratified as i know you both are to hear a gentleman like this speak up who has spoken up repeatedly in the past albeit didnt garner a lot of attention, im sure that it f...

Of gm experience under his belt, an individual who ran the so-called quality audit, warned the entire board of these defective automobiles? >> michael, were always very grateful when any employee of the general motors corporation stands tall and comes forward with the truth. this also shines light on the fact that gm as a corporate culture wantonly ignored safety issues, even when alerted by their own employees. >> there was something he said, which was breathtaking. id like to just play a brief...

Of gms corporate quality audit about what you referred to as safety defects. was your concern something that arose suddenly or did it develop over time because of what you were seeing in the field? >> well, what happened was in 19 -- around 1996 and 95, we were asked to include a check on the vehicle where we actually drove the car around over a little obstacle course. and the goal of that was to find the kind of rattles and squeaks that annoy customers and document where they were after the veh...

The most awarded suv ever. well-qualified lessees can lease the 2014 grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $359 a month. as i look at the culture of te company during the time frame this part was designed in the late 90s and went into vehicles that went into production in 03 the latest of which went out of production in the 11 time frame. the culture of the company at that time had more of a cost culture focus. >> that was general motors ceo mary barra speaking to congress in april. she was a plant ma...

A comparison that he figures a change was made without the proper notification. >> absolutely. he did what gm engineers could not do. he dug down and would not stop until he got to the root of the problem. and when he come forward with the problem, it was obvious what the problem was and now if we are finding out almost on a daily basis more stuff comes to light where we find out that they knew more than they ever told us. >> come monday, ken feinberg, the attorney, very skilled individual, brig...

Thats not the answer. general motors has to be fixed because if youre driving a nongeneral motors car on the road and there are general motors cars around you, youre in the ball game. >> my thanks to bill mcaleer. we reached out to general motors for a comment on our exclusive interview with william mcaleer and here it is. if mcaleers concerns were submitted by an employee today they would be thoroughly investigated within the safety organization. however, that is not to imply that in this parti...

Out there that know more than has been said. we understand that the pressure theyre under to keep their jobs, but if they will, we would hope they would come forward with the truth. >> mr. and mrs. melton, were sorry again for your loss. appreciate your fight. i need to underscore again that but for your standing up, we wouldnt know what we know today. so thank you for that. youve done all of society a favor. >> thank you, michael. >> on monday, ken feinberg will announce the guidelines for comp...

As soon as it was corrected i would be glad to leave this job. i was tired of it anyway. >> it doesnt sound like it was one particular problem, though, that the issues that you were detecting were a multitude of safety related concerns unlike, say, the ignition switch which came later, which seemed focused in one particular area. >> well, no. its all over the vehicle, michael, but the correction is -- the correction is what you do to the process. anybody who builds cars creates problems. there a...