A final report concluded 124 people died in relation to ignition switches in GM compact cars, and another 275 suffered injuries warranting compensation.
A record penalty that could reach $105 million isnt the only imposition U.S. auto-safety regulators are making on Fiat Chrysler: Its also getting a house guest.
The U.S. government is determining whether charges will be brought against General Motors Co. or its employees over the handling of a faulty ignition switch, a person familiar with the investigation said.
No one could blame General Motors CEO Mary Barra if she wanted a do-over in the new year after spending much of 2014 dealing with the automakers ignition-switch recall.
Amid the worst safety-defect crisis in its history, General Motors Co. executives and staff have taken to social media to find customer complaints and identify quality issues long before they become a crisis.
The cars at the center of General Motors Co.s February recall were still on the drawing board when a top engineer gathered more than a dozen managers and delivered a fateful message: Build them for less.
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