GM suspends two engineers in disciplinary action

jalichty wrote:
It's a little hard to blame this on the Government since the problem started in the early 2000s well before GM became Government Motors. However, the unions are still owners, as far as I know, and they were there through the whole thing. While some engineers may have tried to cover it up, the worker bees are the ones who installed the product, albeit at the direction of the engineers eventually. Nothing good is going to come of this for GM but I'll bet they get through it just as Toyota has.

Are you freaking kidding me! You want to try and push the blame on to the line workers and the UAW? The UAW has no control over the day to day operations of GM! Do you work for the Government? Sounds like an A-Typical republican response, blame it on the Unions and the workers. Give me a break. Here is some reading for you. Time line for this.
2001: GM detects the defect during pre-production testing of the Saturn Ion.

2003: A service technician closes an inquiry into a stalling Saturn Ion after changing the key ring and noticing the problem was fixed.

2004: GM recognizes the defect again as the Chevrolet Cobalt replaces the Cavalier. click the link to read the full timeline.

GM has been asked to issue a "Park it recall" but is refusing.
DETROIT -- A federal judge in Texas today declined to issue an emergency order forcing General Motors to tell owners of 2.6 million recalled cars to stop driving them immediately. A ruling on the matter could come next week instead.

GM told the court that it has conducted more than 80 tests showing that the cars it is recalling for faulty ignition switches are still safe to drive, so long as nothing else is attached to the ignition key. GM CEO Mary Barra told a Senate subcommittee this week that she would allow her teenage son to drive one of the cars before it is repaired. LINK