Personal Injury Law

GM recalling vehicles

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

General Motors has issued a recall of over 1.5 million vehicles in response to the discovery of a potentially dangerous product defect.

The recall is aimed at certain vehicles produced in the last four years with a heated windshield wiper fluid system. GM has received reports of the system malfunctioning and causing a fire in the car. This specific heating system has been installed in numerous models of pickups, SUV's and passenger cars, so GM product owners are encouraged to contact their dealer to find out if their vehicle is included in the recall.

According to the recall announcement, GM will disable the system on existing vehicles in order to prevent the fires. Owners will receive a $100 payment to make up for losing the heated wiper fluid feature.

While a number of fires have been reported, the company said that no one had been injured by the vehicle defect. No crashes have been attributed to the fires, either.

Though the recall is worldwide, the vast majority of the affected vehicles, some 1.4 million, were sold in the United States.

It is fortunate that this defect was discovered before it caused serious injury to a driver and that GM is taking proactive steps to protect its customers. Sometimes, though, dangerous products will stay on the market and cause injuries until the problem is given more publicity or the company is brought to court. If you have been injured by a dangerous product defect, contact a St. Louis personal injury lawyer to learn your rights as an injury victim. You may also become a part of making sure that same product doesn't injure another person.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on June 10, 2010 (boomark / email).