Maybe General Motors ( GM ) is finally recovering from the record winter weather that hobbled car sales throughout the season. After all, GM has now sold a total of 903,713 vehicles in the U.S. in the first four months of the year, rebounding from one of the longest and deepest winters in recent memory. General Motors might have taken a well-deserved victory lap, except for one issue: an eye-popping helping of GM recalls. The numbers are simply astounding, so let's lay them out. GM also must make sweeping changes to its internal review of safety-related issues and faces additional civil penalties because it failed to respond quickly enough to NHTSA's request for documents. Federal law requires all auto manufacturers to notify NHTSA within five business days of determining that a safety-related defect exists or that a vehicle is not in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards and to promptly conduct a recall. GM admits in the Consent Order that it did not do so.