General Motors (GM) links latest recall to Chinese-made ignition switch

Alps acknowledges it supplied ignition switches but says it has not been contacted by GM over any defect

General Motors (GM) said in a filing with US safety regulators on Tuesday (24 June) that the ignition switch used in the Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, Buick LaCrosse and Lucerne, and Cadillac DeVille and DTS cars that were recalled on 16 June was made by China-based Dalian Alps Electronics, reports Reuters. Dalian Alps Electronics is 90%-owned by Japan's Alps Electric. Alps acknowledged it supplied GM with ignition switches but said it had not been contacted by the US automaker over any defect, adding that the switches supplied were based on designs provided by GM. "As of today, we have not been contacted, or received any complaint from GM of any problems or defects with Alps' switches," said Takashi Sogo, group manager of investor and public relations at Alps Electric.