ignition switch defect News

General Motors Co.’s lawyers have said the carmaker will face punitive damages over ignition switch defects if its customers go to trial, creating an urgent need to settle lawsuits. The automaker, which has said it wants to help accident victims, …

U.S. regulators are looking into whether there may be a new ignition-switch defect, this one involving older Dodge Ram pickups made by Chrysler Group LLC. There have been three reports of the pickup trucks starting without the clutch being engaged. …