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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 there's no recall yet. sixty-five thousand hyundais have been recalled, dodge has a recall, by one count, this have been 40 recall, so why haven't you heard about that? we asked an expert that question. >> if the recall relates to a safety defect tha...

F 150 may have premature air bag deployment problem, though there has been no recall on that yet. why don't 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 publicize the recall. congress is getting into the game, scheduling hearings to probe whether the ...

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 haven't received a lot of the same attention, correct? >> reporter: that's 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 ford fusions, and mercury mill lan lanes, said to have brakes that are squishy and the f-150, may...

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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 don't. today, if there's 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, we're doing the complete investigation, but i would say in general, we've moved from a cost-culture...