![]() GM has stated one of the 29 deaths linked to the ignition defect took place in Canada, but has never confirmed if it was the Dubuc-Marquis crash.ĭany's father, Normand Dubuc, had told Transport Canada his son had been drinking heavily with friends that night. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt told Parliament last May that her department, "was not aware of an ignition switch issue prior to receiving its first notice from GM Canada" in February 2014.īut government documents, safety records and crash reports unearthed by the fifth estate and Enquete suggest that may not be accurate.ĭany Dubuc-Marquis, 23 (left), seen here with his mother, died in his Chevrolet Cobalt in June 2013 near Roxton Pond, QC.ĭany Dubuc-Marquis, 23, was killed on June 22, 2013, on a highway near Roxton Pond, Que., after his 2007 Chevy Cobalt left the road and slammed into some trees. The driver-side airbag in the Cobalt failed to deploy. Faulty GM ignition switch linked to 2nd crash death in Canada.Watch 'The Switch from Hell' on the fifth estate at 9 p.m. Friday.General Motors has acknowledged that a defect in the ignition switch in hundreds of thousands of its vehicles caused the ignition to inadvertently move from the "Run" to "Accessory" position, causing the vehicle to stall and preventing the airbag from deploying in a crash. But an investigation by the fifth estate and Radio-Canada's Enquete reveals that the faulty GM ignition switch is being probed as the "probable explanation" of a second fatal crash that occurred in Quebec just over one month after the recall. One Canadian death has been linked to the defect. In all, it has received claims for more than 150 deaths. General Motors has so far accepted 29 wrongful death claims related to the ignition switch failure in the U.S. Therefore, I had to pay out of pocket at a different dealership to have my car fixed.Transport Canada was aware of a potential problem with ignition switches in the Chevrolet Cobalt eight months before General Motors Canada issued a recall notice for the deadly defect, the fifth estate has learned. After inspecting the car, they said that no codes for power steering had popped up, yet they did not actually drive the car to see how it drove. I then had the car towed to my home dealership to be inspected. For the first few minutes my car would not even start back up and the brakes were locked in place. As I was spinning, the right side of my car struck a light reflector pole and shattered my back passenger window in the pain and dented the car and removed paint. I lost complete control of the car and began to spin. Instead the car veered to the left and I started to hydroplane. The car then veered hard to the right and I tried to straighten out the wheel as I let off the brakes. I slowed the car to take the exit ramp to 40 mph with my foot still on the brake. I got off around 7:30 am so it was around 8 am when I reached the exit for his house. On the morning of February 20th, I was driving back to my boyfriends house from work. Thankfully I was not in an accident and was able to pull off the highway safely. Obviously there is something wrong with Chevrolet vehicles and the electrical panels going down in which I lost all cruise control, traction control, abs, electronic stability control and panic braking assist operation. They say they can't fix anything because nothing is wrong with my car. Ran numerous test on vehicle including dealer driving vehicle and still nothing could be found. Dealer could not find anything wrong with electrical panel. Next day shop turned on the vehicle and could not find anything wrong. #CHEVY COBALT 2010 DIE AFTER FEWS DAYS DRIVER#Finally tow truck driver was able to get the key out of the ignition and towed it to a shop. Tow truck driver had to come and tow because vehicle wouldn't start nor would the key come out. ![]() ![]() Could not get key out of ignition it stayed in the 2nd switch stuck (not running). Check engine light and other lights on dash stayed on. Safely pulled over again and shut vehicle off. Tried to start driving the vehicle again to get it off the highway vehicle was difficult to drive couldn't reach speed very slow - did not drive properly. Once pulled over on side of the road the check engine light came on too. The vehicle lost power for abs, traction control, cruise control and power steering. ![]() The vehicle cruise control also went off. Once that light went off then the vehicle abs, traction control lights came on and the vehicle could not pick up speed nor drove properly or safely. First light to come on the the vehicle was the security system light which was explained to me that your car is suppose to shut down if stolen then it went off after a few minutes. Driving on the highway at 60 mph when all electrical dashboard went down. ![]()
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