The U.S. Senate is expanding its probe of General Motors' decade-long failure to recall vehicles with faulty ignition switches to include the part's supplier, as GM recalls even more cars for a different defect.
The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to question Delphi at an upcoming hearing about the ignition switches, which have been linked to crashes resulting in at least 13 deaths and prompting the recall of 2.6 million Saturn Ions, Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars.
"It certainly needs to be done," Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said of the hearing into Delphi's role. "We haven't seen the end of this yet."
GM recalled about 29,000 2013 and 2014 Chevrolet Cruzes on Thursday because an incorrect part in their air bags could cause the metal casing of the inflator to shatter, sending metal shards into the passenger area.
"It's unfortunate timing for GM," said Jeremy Acevedo, an analyst at the automotive website Edmunds.com. "In the scheme of things, this (defect) is minor, but it does have the capacity to get shoppers' attention, which is never good for an automaker."
Robert C. Hilliard, a Corpus Christi, Texas, attorney who represents the families of 80 people who were killed and 300 people who were "catastrophically injured" allegedly as a result of the ignition switch defect that led to the earlier recall, said it's "almost reassuring" that GM has continued to recall vehicles as problems arise. But he said there is a danger that consumers may stop paying attention.
"Psychologically, it's like battle fatigue," Hilliard said. "You stop appreciating that the guy in the foxhole next to you just got his head blown off because you've seen it so many times before."
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