How GM’s ignition switch redesign went wrong

By Tom Krisher

Published July 7, 2014 7:39pm ET

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How GM’s ignition switch redesign went wrong — FILE - This Tuesday, April 1, 2014 file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. Responding to complaints about "cheap-feeling" switches that required too much effort to turn, General Motors set about making new ones that would work more smoothly and give drivers the impression that they were better designed, a GM switch engineer testified in a lawsuit deposition in the spring of 2013. The switches, though, were too loose, touching off events that led to at least 13 deaths, more than 50 crashes and a raft of legal trouble for the Detroit automaker. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File) | Molly Riley

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ deadly ignition switch flaws emerged from an effort to improve its cars.

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