GM Documents Show Engineer Rang Alarm Over Ignition Switch Issue However It Fell On Deaf Ears

For about two years, General Motors engineer Brian Stouffer tried to figure out why faulty ignition switches now linked to at least 13 deaths were causing cars to stall. His quest was thwarted by uncooperative colleagues, inaccurate data and a rotating cast of managers.

Newly released company records depict a low-level engineer struggling to find answers at an automaker in the throes of rebuilding after a 2009 bankruptcy. His bosses on the assignment changed three times in about a year, and he found himself stymied because another engineer had ordered a fix years earlier without the usual paperwork -- helping explain why GM took more than a decade to come clean about the defect and recall 2.59 million vehicles, including the Chevrolet Cobalt.

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MattDarringer - 4/14/2014 12:13:51 PM

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PROMOTE BRIAN NOW!

nguyenvuminh - 4/14/2014 8:24:30 PM

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I thought it was Bush who saved GM in 2008?

Terry989 - 4/14/2014 9:45:04 PM

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It was Bush that bailed out GM. BobM just has a Obama fetish going - - - blaming everything in his life on Obama. Someday BobM himself may actually decide he is to blame for all of his hate and unhappiness in life and not Obama.

Terry989 - 4/15/2014 1:42:35 PM

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BobM - - - Get a life, and please stop the inbreeding. You spend way too much time on political sites. Try enjoying a hobby, like cars for instance, and leave you Viagra infused political circle jerks for other sites. This is a car family - - - never discuss politics and religion with family.

Terry989 - 4/15/2014 3:24:48 PM

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I agree that GM has an issue that we need to get to the bottom, but it is hardly Obama's fault. You are worried about 13 deaths over this and want to blame it on Obama - - - where is the outrage over the 100K+ civilians plus 4,257 Americans that have dies since Bush lied to congress and entered the Iraq war? That doesn't seem to bother you? If accidental deaths is your main concern, then set your sights higher and let's prosecute Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld for war crimes, and then move on to the smaller issues.