{"id":84965,"date":"2014-11-17T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=84965"},"modified":"2014-11-17T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:42:18","slug":"deadline-extended-for-gm-ignition-recall-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2014\/11\/deadline-extended-for-gm-ignition-recall-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Extended for GM Ignition Recall Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kenneth Feinberg, administrator fo GM's victims compensation fund, extended the deadline for filing claims to Jan. 31, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The deadline to file claims for benefits from General Motors victims fund was extended by one month to Jan. 31, 2015. The deadline was extended to ensure that anyone eligible to file a claim had been contacted and the time necessary to compile the information needed to file.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that the many efforts to reach all possible GM automobile owners, former owners and others who might have been adversely impacted by a defective ignition switch have been both comprehensive and effective,\u201d said Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the fund, in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Keeping the Conversation Going!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere will always be some individuals who do not receive formal notice and are generally unaware of available compensation.\u00a0But such individuals appear to be very few in number.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feinberg and his team have approved 33 claims for death benefits as well as 39 injury claims. Through Nov. 14, the fund received 2,105 claims for benefits, including 217 for deaths. The fund has denied 31 death claims, 77 were deficient \u2013 meaning they were asked to submit additional information \u2013 and 27 are still being reviewed. Claimants were eligible to begin filing on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

(GM death toll rises to 30. For more, <\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

GM agreed to the extension.<\/p>\n

“We agreed with Ken Feinberg’s recommendation to extend the compensation program deadline. Our goal with the program has been to reach every eligible person impacted,” the automaker said in a statement.<\/p>\n

(<\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for details about the steady decline of the luxury market in China.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The automaker recalled about 2.6 million vehicles this year that used a faulty ignition switch that can move from the \u201crun\u201d position to the \u201caccessory\u201d position, which cuts off the power to vehicles power steering and airbags.<\/p>\n

(To see more about Lincoln\u2019s new Black Label package, <\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem, which the automaker knew about for more than a decade, can cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle. GM initially tied the problem to 13 deaths, but has since seen that number rise to the aforementioned 33 deaths. GM has set aside $600 million for the victims fund, although it says there is no limit on the amount it will pay.<\/p>\n

The existence of the fund hasn\u2019t prevented some victims from suing the automaker, but they\u2019ve been few and far between. However, two class-action suits have been filed this year against the automaker each seeking $10 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The deadline to file claims for benefits from General Motors victims fund was extended by one month to Jan. 31, 2015. The deadline was extended to ensure that anyone eligible to file a claim had been contacted and the time necessary to compile the information needed to file, according to TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":83801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84965"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=84965"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=84965"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=84965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}