“I knew there was something wrong with the car” says a grieving father who has been campaigning for the recall of certain GM cars for several years.
Mr. Melton, who lost his daughter Brooke on her 29th birthday, can’t explain how he knew but said “as soon as I kissed her forehead, her cold forehead, in intensive care . . . I knew”. Brooke was a nurse and was traveling on a Georgia highway when she lost control of her car and it wound up in a creek. Melton has asked the government to look into the timing of GMs recall, which increased overnight from almost 700,000 to almost 1,400,000 as he says inter-company memos prove GM knew of the problem with the cars as early as 2005. They now admit that the ignition can suddenly turn off while the car is moving, causing the car to become practically uncontrollable and the airbags to not deploy in the resulting accidents, which is what apparently happened in the accident that took Brooke’s life. Studies point towards a sudden jarring of the ignition switch or a “heavy” key ring being used in it. At least 13 people, including Brooke Melton, have lost their lives to this faulty design.
To see if your car is impacted by this recall, please contact your dealer. If it is, GM will pay to have a new ignition system installed in your vehicle.
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