General Motors Co.’s failure to fully answer questions about why it waited years to recall 2.59 million small cars over a defect tied to 13 deaths is testing the patience of lawmakers and regulators, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. GM didn’t respond to more than one-third of requests made by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with an April 3 deadline and is being fined $7,000 a day. An agency lawyer called the internal probe the automaker cited “irrelevant” and threatened to refer GM to the Justice Department. Congressional leaders said that they’ll schedule more hearings and expect more disclosure next time from Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra.
