Internal reports released Friday harshly criticized the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s handling of General Motors’ delayed ignition switch recall of 2.6 million vehicles linked to 109 deaths and more than 200 injuries.The reports found NHTSA failed to hold the Detroit automaker accountable, didn’t understand alternate theories how the company’s air bags worked and didn’t follow up on trends in its own data sources and investigation.
The safety agency’s chief, Mark Rosekind, said the agency was not disciplining or firing anyone in the wake of the report. It was the agency’s most forthcoming admission that it had not been successful in discovering GM’s deadly defect; NHTSA last year largely rejected blame in testimony before Congress.
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