General
Motors Friday announced three more safety recalls covering nearly 475,000
vehicles, the biggest of which involves a software problem in some leading
sport utility vehicles and pickup models.
GM (NYSE:
GM - news) will recall more than 450,000 models of the 2014-2015 Chevrolet
Silverado and GMC Sierra, among others, in which control module software in the
four-wheel drive system could automatically switch to neutral without driver
input.
As a
result, a vehicle, while parked, could "roll away if the parking brake is
not set," GM said. If the vehicle is in motion, no power will go to the
wheels, the automaker added.
GM said it
knew of no crashes or injuries related to this problem, or to those that
prompted the other two recalls it announced. The recall affects vehicles in the
US and Canada.
GM said it
was recalling about 4,800 2013-2014 Chevrolet Caprice police cars and 2014
Chevrolet SS sport sedans in the US to address a problem that can stop the
windshield wipers from working.
The third
recall involves about 2,050 2014 Chevrolet Corvettes, most in the US, to
address a problem with the rear shock.
GM has
already recalled more than 20 million vehicles in 2014.
The Detroit
automaker is under investigations by Congress, the Justice Department and the
Securities and Exchange Commission over its delayed recall of cars with
ignition switch problems related to at least 13 deaths.
In February
-- 11 years after the ignition switch defect was detected -- GM began recalling
2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and Skys, Pontiac 5s and Solstices
made between 2003 and 2011.
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