The effort to answer that question led to engineers finding the defectiveignition switch.
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His Ion's front airbags did not deploy, which he said resulted from a defectiveignition switch.
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That eventually led to the defectiveignition switch.
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Neither GM nor NHTSA has said if those deaths were potentially linked to the defectiveignition switch.
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Since the beginning of the year, GM has recalled nearly 15 million vehicles worldwide over potentially defectiveignition switches.
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Both Jim Rose and his former wife, Terry DiBattista, say they were never informed about the potentially defectiveignition switches.
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The additional 14 deaths occurred after the 13 fatalities that GM has connected to defectiveignition switches.
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A February 2005 entry in the congressional committee's chronology illustrates that engineers were grappling with what to do about the defectiveignition switches.
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The court denied the auto maker's request to review a lower-court ruling that gave some victims' families the power to sue over defectiveignition switches.
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In May 2014, NHTSA fined GM $35 million for failing to alert regulators to the defectiveignition switch in a timely manner.
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The case comes as GM is seeking to recover from a recall of 2.6 million vehicles over a defectiveignition switch that began in February.