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Recalled to replace a switch that might short out and cause a fire. ford has agreed to do a software fix on nearly 18,000 forward fusions, and mercury milans, because the brakes on the hybrids apparently feel squishy. ford f-150s may well have a serious air bag deployment problem. they did a -- they can deploy prematurely without warning, although theres no recall yet. sixty-five thousand hyundais have been recalled, dodge has a recall, by one count, this have been 40 recall, so why havent you h...

F 150 may have premature air bag deployment problem, though there has been no recall on that yet. why dont you hear more about these other recalls and investigations? >> if the recall relates to a safety defect that matches a severe accident, a collision-accident that was played up big in the media, then that recall is well-known to the public. otherwise, the recall is pretty much kept quiet. >> and if the car company seems willing to do the right thing, nhtsa often does not go out of its way to...

Alerted nhtsa in 2007 about these accelerator issues on toyota, and the hearing is scheduled up on capitol hill on that. gregg: a little slow-footed perhaps, brian, toyota is not alone, as we suggested. there are other significant recalls out there, that really havent received a lot of the same attention, correct? >> reporter: thats right. yes, 141,000 honda fits in the u.s. are recalled to replace a switch which might short out and cause a fire, ford agreed to do a software fix on nearly 18,000...

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Announce a safety defect linked to 13 deaths. she apologized to the families of the victims and vowed a similar situation would never happen under her watch. >> how does gm balance cost and safety? >> we dont. today, if theres a safety issue, we take action. if we know there is a defect on our vehicles, we do not look at the cost associated with it. we look at the speed in which we can fix the issue. >> was there a culture in gm at that time that they would have put cost over safety? >> again, w...

The safety defect blamed for at least 13 deaths and 32 crashes. minutes ago in her opening statement before a senate transportation subcommittee, barra again apologized for gm, taking more than a decade to fix the ignition switch problem that caused engines to suddenly shut off and airbags to fail to deploy. >> sitting here today, i cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced in that program, but i can tell you we will find out. when we have answers, we will be fully tr...

We have apologized, but that is just one step in the journey to resolve this. >> barra had an emotional meeting last night with 22 family members who lost loved ones in accidents tied to these ignition switches. the families will hold a news conference at 10:00 this morning. robert hillyerd, representing many families in a civil suit, sent barra and gm counsel a letter requesting a meeting with the families. he said that barra was very respectful and told them face to face she was sorry and assu...

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