General Motors paid a $35 million civil penalty arising from the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) finding that GM failed to timely report a safety defect to the federal government. The defect resulted in the non-deployment of airbags in certain GM vehicle models. In February 2014, GM announced the recall of certain models due to a defect that caused the vehicle’s ignition switch to move out of the “run” position, causing the air bag to not deploy in a crash. GM admitted that it did not notify NHTSA within five business days of discovering the defect and promptly conduct a recall. After review and consultation by NHTSA, GM twice expanded the recall to include a total of 2.2 million vehicles in the United States. The recall covers the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2007-2010 Pontiac G5, 2003-2007 Saturn Ion, 2006-2011 Chevrolet HHR, 2006-2010 Pontiac Solstice, and 2007-2010 Saturn Sky vehicles.