General Motors Co. announced a recall for 316,357 SUVs and sedans in North America on Tuesday after receiving reports that its headlights are malfunctioning. The recall becomes the 79th for this year.
Some of the vehicle models affected by the recall include 2006 and 2007 Chevrolet TrailBlazer and 2006 TrailBlazer EXT; 2006 and 2007 GMC Envoy and 2006 Envoy XL; 2006 and 2007 Buick Rainier; 2006 to 2008 Saab 9-7X and 2006 to 2008 Isuzu Ascender midsize SUVs. The automaker did not say if there were accidents associated with the faulty headlights in which the low-beam headlamps experienced power losses from time to time, according to the Wall Street Journal.
"If the headlamp driver module is not operating correctly, the low-beam headlamps and daytime running lamps could intermittently or permanently fail to illuminate. This condition does not affect the high-beam headlamps, marker lamps, turn signals, or fog lamps," GM said in an emailed statement.
GM has alerted the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the recall, Reuters reported. The company is quick to report issues like this as part of its commitment to act on problems after enduring controversies and massive revenue loss. Previous issues, such as faulty ignition switches in some of its models, were linked to 36 deaths.
Users of the affected models can go directly to their dealers and have the headlights replaced free of charge. The recall does not cover the high-beam headlights, fog lamps or turn signals, according to the Associated Press.
Just this year, the company has recalled 30.4 million vehicles worldwide due to various defects; 20.65 million of that number is in the United States alone.
