General Motors Co (GM) is recalling more than 130,000 vehicles because of a parking-brake defect that can cause brake pads to stay partly engaged, leading to “excessive brake heat that may result in a fire,” according to documents posted on Saturday on the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Web site.
The recall covers 2014 to 2015 Chevrolet Impalas built between January 2013 and last month and 2013 to 2015 model Cadillac XTS cars manufactured between February 2012 and last month
The Impala has been at the center of numerous recalls and investigations this year, as GM’s string of recalls worldwide approaches 30 million vehicles.
In February, the 2014 Impala was recalled for a transmission defect that could allow a parked car to roll away. In June, certain Impalas were recalled for ignition problems, and others for a joint fastener that was not torqued to specification.
Then in July, GM recalled more Impalas over a possible loss of power steering, and later that month the NHTSA opened an investigation into the potential failure of passenger air bags on 320,000 Impalas, mostly from the 2008 model year.
In March, another NHTSA investigation focused on sudden unintentional braking by the 2014 Impala’s collision-warning system.
Separately, the Chrysler Group is recalling nearly 190,000 Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs from the 2011 model year because of a faulty fuel-pump relay inside the power module that can cause them to “stall without warning,” according to the NHTSA.
The component, known as the totally integrated power module (TIPM), has been the subject of scores of consumer complaints filed with the NHTSA, and last month the Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, formally petitioned the safety agency to open an investigation into the module’s use in a range of Chrysler’s vehicles.
A federal class-action lawsuit filed last year in California also claims that the TIPM is faulty, leaving the vehicles “incapable of providing reliable or safe transportation.”
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