She fired 15 staffers after an internal probe revealed that the faulty switches were first diagnosed in 2001, and she has also jettisoned at least seven other high - ranking executives — swift, decisive moves, at least according to GM's lumbering standards. (entrepreneur.com)
Feinberg's office reviewed claims of injury and death linked to the faulty switches, which led to a recall of about 2.6 million cars worldwide. (fortune.com)
Congressional testimony and investigations by the company and regulators revealed that GM engineers knew of the faulty switch for at least a decade, but a series of errors led to affected vehicles being recalled only in 2014. (fortune.com)