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General Motors announced on Friday that it would recall 428,211 more vehicles in the United States, including new four-wheel drive pickups and SUVs with a software problem that could cause the vehicles to automatically switch to neutral and roll away while parked. GM said it was not aware of any crashes or injuries related to the software issue. "In these vehicles, the transfer case may electronically switch to neutral without input from the driver," GM said.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to Congress about changes to be implemented at GM after a troubled recall on a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths since 2002. Photo: Getty

General Motors which recalled 3.1 million cars in the U.S. since February to fix faulty ignition switches, said today it will recall an additional 3.2 million vehicles with similar defects. The company also announced five other new recalls involving 165,800 cars and trucks. The campaigns are to fix problems ranging from poorly designed air bag placement to faulty transmission cables and unattached floor mats. The latest recalls bring GM’s total this year to more than 20 million vehicles. To that into perspective, consider that sales of cars and light trucks in the U.S. last year totaled 15.4 million units. The company’s previous recall high was 10.7 million vehicles in 2004.



General Motors Co on Monday recalled 3.36 million North American cars with ignition switches that can be jarred out of the "run" position, potentially affecting power steering, power brakes and air bags. The switch issue is similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in an earlier, 2.6-million vehicle recall of Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars.