Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 09:03 PM MYT General Motors headquarters at the Renaissance Centre in Detroit, Michigan August 25, 2009. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. NEW YORK, March 17 — US automotive safety regulators reviewed evidence related to an allegedly defective steering sensor that was used in roughly 778,000 older General Motors Co vehicles but ultimately decided against opening a formal investigation into the matter. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told Reuters about the previously unreported review. The agency evaluated information related to a lawsuit against the automaker brought by the widower of a 42-year-old woman who died after her 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV crashed, according to documents Reuters reviewed. The cause, her widower alleges in the lawsuit, was a defective steering sensor that the automaker failed to adequately warn drivers about despite long knowing the component had issues.