Being bathed in the high beams of oncoming traffic can be a nuisance as well a hazard, but drivers in China have reported that they're unable to switch off the high powered lights of their Buick Excelle GT and General Motors has responded by recalling more than 194,000 of the automobile from the Chinese market.
The recall was said to have been reveled by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, or (AQSIQ), applies to automobiles manufactured by Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd, between October 2009 and July 2012. Shanghai General Motors, an alliance forged between General Motors and SAIC Motor Corp, produces vehicles in China, which General Motors reportedly considers as its largest market for its automobiles.
The recall net could widen, as AQSIQ was said to still be looking into the matter of the high beams. It wasn't clear what was causing the problems, but the result was hundreds of thousands of high beams that could stay on when drivers needed to turn them off.
Shanghai General Motors Co., called back roughly 1.22 million Buick Excelle and more than 240,00 Chevrolet Sails in December 2013, citing a problems with the brackets supporting the vehicles' fuel pumps. The fuel pump brackets were susceptible to cracking, which could result in a fuel leak.
China's 1.22 million-car recall in 2013 applied to Excelles, manufactured between January 2006 and December 2011, and Sail produced between April 2009 and October 2011.
To date, June 27, General Motors has initiated 44 recalls and have called back approximately 20 million vehicles since the start of 2014. The automaker's Chinese venture resulted in a broad recall back in late 2013, in which a large number of Buick Excelle were involved.
Marry Barra, General Motors' CEO, couldn't rule out the possibility of more recalls before the end of the 2014.
"It's possible -- we're going to continue to look at the data that we get, and we're going to take the action that we need," Barra said. "If we find an issue, we're going to deal with it."
Barra's company has been preparing to compensate the families of the individuals injured due to the faulty ignition switches that were the subject of a 2.6 million-vehicle recall - so far, 13 deaths have been linked to the recall and approximately 228 people were injured.
On Aug. 1, 2014, General Motors will begin processing victim's claims. Parties wishing to sue the company can turn down the opt out of the compensation program, though General Motors has said its 2009 bankruptcy shields it from liability claims.
