Grilling on capitol hill today. Mary barra returns to washington to face lawmakers with startling new development, gm executives knew more than they first admitted, joining me now congressman tim murphy from pennsylvania. Jeff bartlett from Consumer Reports will join me in a moment, we start with congressman murphy. Everyone watching what questions were today. Did you get the answers you wanted . We received some answers, it is a ongoing issue for gm, gm has to change their culture, that is what Ceo Mary Barra said they are doing, i said that reports should have been subtitle, dont assume malfeasance when incompetance will do, a number of people did a very bad job, whether they were superviseed, engineers or lawyers or others, i am thinking out of 210,000 people only 15 people are to blame for millions of recalls and deaths and crashes, toward to believe no one saw this coming could pick up on i. They have a lot of work to do. Gerri corporate culture, 200,000 employees, 21,000 dealers,
Older model camry hybrids because the faulty power brakes. Here with more is Consumer Reports car editor jeff bartlett. Why is cr asking or demanding the recall . Consumer reports analysis of Technical Services bulletins and recalls, one stood out from the hybrid from 2007 to 2011. Seems that owners have been complaining about brake issues. Nhtsa, meaning the government, working with toyota on identifying and coming up with a correction for this. But toyota is not recalling the cars. Theyre doing a kind of a half step. Theyre offering to make corrections if someone has a problem or brings a car in but not issuing a full recall. Gerri its a workaround, and nhtsa, national Highway Safety traffic administration. Here are the complaints, 269 complaints, 14 crashes, 5 injuries out there. Tell us technically whats going on with the cars . Whats the problem . There are two problems. One is a clogged brake fluid reservoir filter. The fix is to redesigned a brake fluid reservoir. The circuit a
Safety administration, nshta. Can this Government Agency fulfill its mission to protect consumers . Among our guests, Gm Compensation Fund chief ken feinberg, consumer advocate, ralph nader, lead attorney representing victims, bob hilliard. The gm whistleblower who warn of a crisis years ago, and Consumer Reports top car expert, jeff bartlet. Theyre all here and a lot more this is willis report special investigation. The gm recall, how safe are we . We begin tonights program with some perspective. While the numbers are startling in terms of dollars and cars really comes down to people. People that made mistakes and drivers and passengers who paid with their lives. Rene thought her daughter sarah had fallen asleep at the wheel. That is what caused the chevy cobalt to go off the road, killing the 19yearold college student. For other families, alcohol, pills, speeding and other factors also pointed to driver error as the cause of the deadly crash that took their loved one. Then dots start
Safety administration, nshta. Can this Government Agency fulfill its mission to protect consumers . Among our guests, Gm Compensation Fund chief ken feinberg, consumer advocate, ralph nader, lead attorney representing victims, bob hilliard. The gm whistleblower who warn of a crisis years ago, and Consumer Reports top car expert, jeff bartlet. Theyre all here and a lot more this is willis report special investigation. The gm recall, how safe are we . We begin tonights program with some perspective. While the numbers are startling in terms of dollars and cars really comes down to people. People that made mistakes and drivers and passengers who paid with their lives. Rene thought her daughter sarah had fallen asleep at the wheel. That is what caused the chevy cobalt to go off the road, killing the 19yearold college student. For other families, alcohol, pills, speeding and other factors also pointed to driver error as the cause of the deadly crash that took their loved one. Then dots start
Safety administration, nshta. Can this Government Agency fulfill its mission to protect consumers . Among our guests, Gm Compensation Fund chief ken feinberg, consumer advocate, ralph nader, lead attorney representing victims, bob hilliard. The gm whistleblower who warn of a crisis years ago, and Consumer Reports top car expert, jeff bartlet. Theyre all here and a lot more this is willis report special investigation. The gm recall, how safe are we . We begin tonights program with some perspective. While the numbers are startling in terms of dollars and cars really comes down to people. People that made mistakes and drivers and passengers who paid with their lives. Rene thought her daughter sarah had fallen asleep at the wheel. That is what caused the chevy cobalt to go off the road, killing the 19yearold college student. For other families, alcohol, pills, speeding and other factors also pointed to driver error as the cause of the deadly crash that took their loved one. Then dots start