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March 11, 2014

House Panel Probes Regulatory Failure on GM Defect Tied to 13 Deaths 
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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee has opened a probe into
regulators' failure to heed complaints about defective ignition switches
in General Motors' vehicles, which have been tied to 13 deaths. General
Motors recalled some 1.6 million cars last month over an ignition flaw
that shuts down engines and disables air bags. According to The New York
Times, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration failed to
launch an investigation despite receiving over 260 complaints about the
ignition failures in the last 11 years.