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>> the ignition switch was actually in the accessory position which in effect turned the airbags off. even back in 2005, i saw indications that gm was aware that this problem was occurring. >> in april of 2007, regulators were notified by an investigator that rose's crash was linked to the faulty ignition. they did not open an investigation. and by the end of 2007, general motors was aware of four crashes related to their faulty ignition. they gathered the black boxes from the cars, but it wasn't until years later in the spring of 2009 that engineers met and confirmed that a potentially fatal ...

This? >> reporter: really the first big test of her new job, running general motors. she wrote a letter to their employees saying that she was going to order an investigation to get the unvarnished truth of what happened in that recall saying they acted appropriately. she said when this was brought up to my team a few weeks ago we acted without hesitation to go well beyond the decision by technical experts. recall is 1.4 million vehicles. 31 front end crashes that resulted in 13 fatalities. more fatalities than the company originally told us. and a lot of questions about the timing, the timing...

Suddenly turn off the engine and airbag system while the car was driving. as early as 2004, gm knew of at least one incident where this happened. an engineer found that something as simple as a weighted key chain could cause the cobalt to lose power. solutions to fix the flaw were rejected by gm after consideration of the lead time required cost and effectiveness of each of these solutions. in 2005, a gm engineer proposed a redesign to fix the flaw. those plans were scrapped. instead, gm sent out a service bulletin to its dealerships warning drivers not to use heavy key chains. in the summer o...

>> the ignition switch was actually in the accessory position which in effect turned the airbags off. even back in 2005, i saw indications that gm was aware that this problem was occurring. >> in april of 2007, regulators were notified by an investigator that rose's crash was linked to the faulty ignition. they did not open an investigation. and by the end of 2007, general motors was aware of four crashes related to their faulty ignition. they gathered the black boxes from the cars, but it wasn't until years later in the spring of 2009 that engineers met and confirmed that a potentially fatal ...