General Motors (GM) announced that it would recall about 100,000 vehicles in order to fix problems with their airbags and rear axles. The recalled lineups will include Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC.

The first set of recall involves 96,000 units of Cadillac CTS of model years 2005 and 2007. The vehicles suffer from problems with their passenger-side airbags, leading to its non-deployment and increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

The second set of recall impacts 1,200 units of Cadillac Escalades, Chevrolet Avalanches, Chevrolet Silverados and GMC Sierras. It is related to manufacturing defects of rear axle cross pin, which could possibly fracture and get displaced.

The second set of recall is expected to begin in January. However, it is unclear as of yet when the first recall would begin.

Few days ago, GM had announced that it will recall 111,136 units of some of its mid-size crossover lineups next month related to a problem with the anchor of the seatbelt buckle, leading to injury in a crash.

The recalled lineups include Chevrolet Equinox (67,805 units), GMC Terrain (29,926 units) and Cadillac SRX (13,405 units) from the 2011 model year. As many as 97,843 units of these vehicles were sold in the U.S. and the rest in Canada and Mexico.

Since the beginning of the year, GM has recalled about 3 million vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South Korea. Among these, the largest recall was made in June, involving 1.5 million vehicles, in order to fix a problem with a heated windshield wiper fluid system that has been causing fire in the vehicles.

Automotive safety recalls have become the talk of the town after Toyota Motors’ (TM) announcement of the largest-ever global recall of about 11 million vehicles since September last year. The automaker made greater than 15 recalls, more than any other automaker. They were related to problems associated with faulty accelerator gas pedals, slipping floor mats and defective braking systems.

Recently, The Transportation Department of U.S. informed that Toyota will pay $32.4 million in fines related to two separate investigations leading to late recall of millions of defective vehicles on top of the highest-ever fine of $16.4 million paid earlier this year related to the same issue.

 
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