General Motors has announced it will recall more than 1.3 million vehicles in the U.S. that may experience a sudden loss of electric power steering assist.
Models subject to safety recall are the:
- Chevrolet Malibu: All model year 2004 and 2005, and some model year 2006 and model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
- Chevrolet Malibu Maxx: All model year 2004 and 2005, and some 2006 model year
- Chevrolet HHR (Non-Turbo): Some model year 2009 and 2010 vehicles
- Chevrolet Cobalt: Some model year 2010 vehicles
- Saturn Aura: Some model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
- Saturn ION: All model year 2004 to 2007 vehicles
- Pontiac G6: All model year 2005, and some model year 2006 and model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
- Service parts installed into certain vehicles before May 31, 2010 under a previous safety recall
Depending on the vehicle, GM will replace free of charge either the power steering motor, the steering column, the power steering motor control unit or a combination of the steering column and the power steering motor control unit. Customers who previously paid for repairs of these parts would be eligible for reimbursement.
This is the second time in as many weeks General Motors has announced the recall of more than 1 million vehicles. Last week, the company recalled millions of cars because of an issue with ignition switches. That brings the total number of vehicles recalled by General Motors this month to 4.8 million. Click here to read the details of the other recalls: http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/25104001/gm-adding-971000-vehicles-to-ignition-recall.
