DETROIT — General Motors Co is recalling 218,000 older-generation Chevrolet small cars in the United States for a potential fire hazard, adding to the largest U.S. automaker's record recall total, according to U.S. safety regulators. The recall is the latest announced by GM, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. The Detroit company has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by U.S. safety regulators for its delayed response in catching the faulty switch.
A day after recalling 2.6 million vehicles globally, most of them in the United States, GM is recalling 218,000 Chevrolet Aveo cars in the United States from model years 2004 to 2008 as a part in the daytime running lights could overheat and cause a fire, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. GM officials did not have an immediate comment.
