General Motors recalls 117,651 vehicles back to fix a defect concerning the metal silvers in the chassis control module that could get an electrical short. This may cause the engine of the vehicle to suddenly stall.
There have been no known accidents or injuries regarding the new defect. The company issued a stop delivery notice to the dealers, even though the problem can happen in only 1% of the recalled vehicles, covering both 2014 and 2013 models of the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban; Cadillac CTS, Escalade and Escalade ESV; GMC Yukon. Also included in the recalls are only the 2014 models of the Chevrolet Traverse, Express van and Silverado HD; GMC Acadia, Savana van and Sierra HD.
Overall, the recalled units cover 97,540 cars and trucks in the U.S. and 10,111 more in Canada, Mexico and other vehicle markets.
The latest recall of vehicles come only after three months when CEO Mary Barra said GM was largely done with a series of recalls concerning a ignition switch defect that is currently tied to the deaths of at least 23 people.
A disaster compensation expert, Ken Feiberg, was hired to deal with the required compensations. Feiberg has now awarded at least $1 million to the families of the said 23 dead people. He is still continues to review the applications from further affected and/or injured owners and families of the 2.6 million recalled small cars with the ignition switch defect.
GM's Barra pledged to quickly fix all discovered defects of the vehicles to avoid further massive, dangerous and costly accidents like the ignition switch defect that prompted government investigations and several lawsuits against the company. The company's second quarter earnings was severely affected by its recent recalls, it was reduced by $1.2 billion in total.
The company will notify all the owners of the models mentioned and affected by the defect, they will also replace the chassis control module free of charge.