Automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has recalled 2.7 million vehicles under five different safety recalls across the US.
The recalls include 2,440,524 units of previous generation passenger cars, 111,889 Chevrolet Corvettes, 140,067 Chevrolet Malibus from 2014 model year, 19,225 Cadillac CTS 2013-2014 models, and 477 full-size trucks from 2014 and 2015 model years.
GM Global Vehicle Safety vice president Jeff Boyer said the announcements are examples of two ways the company is putting that into practice.
"We have redoubled our efforts to expedite and resolve current reviews in process and also have identified and analyzed recent vehicle issues which require action," Boyer added.
"These are examples of our focus to surface issues quickly and promptly take necessary actions in the best interest of our customers."
Of the five recalls issued, the largest recall is for 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx, 2005-2010 Pontiac G6 and 2007-2010 Saturn Auras model cars over defective brake lamp wiring harness.
The vehicles could potentially develop corrosion in the wiring harness for the body control module due to micro-vibration resulting in brake lamps failure on application of brakes.
GM said it is aware of several hundred complaints, 13 crashes and two injuries. However, no fatalities have been reported due to the defect.
The recall for 111,889 Chevrolet Corvettes from the 2005-2007 model years is due to potential loss of low-beam headlamp operation models from 2008-2013.
According to the company, the electrical center housing could expand when engine is warm resulting in headlamp low-beam relay control circuit wire to bend slightly and fracture due to continuous bending.
The defect will not affect the high-beam headlamps, marker lamps, turn signals, daytime running lamps or fog lamps, the company said.
Image: Chevrolet Malibu. Photo: Courtesy of General Motors.
