General Motors on Thursday recalled a further 2.7m vehicles in the US, bringing its worldwide total for the year to 12.8m, in the latest sign of the carmaker’s efforts to reform its processes.
The bulk of the recall involves 2.44m Chevrolet Malibus and some other sedans built between 2003 and 2012 for potentially faulty brake light wiring. Other vehicles were being recalled for faults with their headlamps and a fault that might increase vehicles’ stopping distances.
The most serious fault – which could cause vehicles suddenly to lose all steering and crash with no warning – affected only 447 new pick-up trucks just delivered from factories. The company said it knew of no deaths as a result of the various faults.